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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 Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
agitation
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
all
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
boot
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From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
bright
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From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
close
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
cloudy
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
cold
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
commanded
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
cool
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From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
day
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
Dictates
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From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
essential
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From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
fibre
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From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
flicking
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From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
gleaming
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From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
happiness
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
hated
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
hatred
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
heart
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
Helen
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
hid
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
hot
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
hurt
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
indifference
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
iron
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
laughing
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From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
like
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
Longstreet
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From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
merry
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From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
Murray
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
now
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
portion
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From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
pride
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From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
Professor
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From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
Sanchia
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From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
sat
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From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
sear
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
serene
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
shivered
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
smile
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
spoke
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she was still Helen Longstreet, her pride an essential portion of the fibre of her being.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
traces
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From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
turned
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
very
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From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Professor Dictates Sanchia was cool and bright and merry.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Because she was hurt, because suddenly she hated Sanchia Murray with a hatred which seemed to sear her heart like a hot iron, she commanded her smile and hid all traces of agitation and spoke with serene indifference.
whip
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From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Helen, who had stood very close to a great happiness, now shivered as though the day had turned cloudy and cold.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She sat flicking at her gleaming boot with her whip, and laughing.
