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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 CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
arm
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
awaken
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
babe
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
back
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
basin
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
beautiful
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
bed
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
breast
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
CAMP
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
care
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
clean
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
closed
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
color
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
colors
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
deep
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
deprived
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
discovered
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
drawn
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
dreaming
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
drinking
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
energy
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
eyes
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
fields
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
garment
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
girl
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
glad
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
go
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
hair
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
happened
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
HEAVEN
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
held
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
human
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
indeed
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
kitchen
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
lay
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
loosely
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
made
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
maize
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
many
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
mother
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From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
much
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
noise
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
opened
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
person
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
porch
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
poured
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
pretty
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
quietly
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
quilt
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
roses
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
sleeping
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
softly
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
therefrom
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From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
toilet
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
very
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
vine
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
water
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The eyes of the mother were closed and her arm held the babe loosely as if in a deep dreaming.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her sleeping garment was drawn back from her breast, against which lay a little human person drinking therefrom with much energy.
white
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
window
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From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
withdrew
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From this reading I softly poured the water into the basin, made clean my hands and quietly withdrew into the kitchen, with much care that I did not awaken her.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE CAMP HEAVEN And I was very glad indeed that he did not go with me for that toilet to my hands, for it might have happened that a noise would have deprived me of a very beautiful thing that I discovered, through a window under a vine of roses that opened upon that back porch.
young
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From this reading A very pretty young girl, with hair the color of the maize in the fields, lay upon a white bed beneath a quilt of many colors.
