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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 WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
age
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
all
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
arms
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From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
audience
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
beautiful
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
Bianchi
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
BLACK
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
cloak
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
coat
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From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
courtesying
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
cram
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From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
donna
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
doorway
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
evening
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
figure
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
forty
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
full
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
fur
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
graciousness
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
hair
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From this reading Tucked in her hair was a red japonica.
half-concealing
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
hanging
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
head
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
immediately
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
japonica
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From this reading Tucked in her hair was a red japonica.
lace
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
lined
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
looking
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
man's
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
marvellous
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
Oliver
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From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
perhaps
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
pink
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
poise
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
prima
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
red
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From this reading Tucked in her hair was a red japonica.
room
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
saluting
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From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
scarf
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
shoulders
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
silk
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
sleeves
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From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
sprang
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From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
symmetry
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was courtesying to the room with all the poise and graciousness of a prima donna saluting an audience.
toilet
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
trimmed
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
Tucked
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From this reading Tucked in her hair was a red japonica.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
watermelon
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Oliver sprang for his coat and was about to cram his arms into the sleeves, when she cried:
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
WOMAN
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
wound
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From this reading About her head was wound a black lace scarf, and hanging from her beautiful shoulders, half-concealing a figure of marvellous symmetry, was a long black cloak, open at the throat, trimmed with fur, and lined with watermelon pink silk.
years
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From this reading "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" In the doorway, immediately behind Bianchi and looking over the little man's head, stood a woman of perhaps forty years of age in full evening toilet.
