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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 She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
ankles
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From this reading Her short skirt showed her dainty ankles.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
black-velvet
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
briskadjectiveUS /brɪsk/
energetic and quick
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
cool
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
crumpled
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
dainty
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From this reading Her short skirt showed her dainty ankles.
disengaged
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
dressed
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
dropped
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
entered
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
face
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
flowers
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
fresh
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
gathered
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
grounds
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
hand
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
hanging
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
hat
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
heedlessly
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
house
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From this reading The Morestals' peaceful house was waking in the morning sun.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
iron-shod
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
Jorance
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
large
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
Leghorn
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
loose
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
Mill
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
Morestals
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From this reading The Morestals' peaceful house was waking in the morning sun.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Morestals' peaceful house was waking in the morning sun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
Old
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
peaceful
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From this reading The Morestals' peaceful house was waking in the morning sun.
pushed
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Her short skirt showed her dainty ankles.
shoulders
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
showed
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From this reading Her short skirt showed her dainty ankles.
skirt
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From this reading Her short skirt showed her dainty ankles.
some
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
stick
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
straw
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
strings
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
sun
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From this reading The Morestals' peaceful house was waking in the morning sun.
Suzanne
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
swing-gate
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
tall
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
TWO
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
using
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading The Morestals' peaceful house was waking in the morning sun.
walked
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
way
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From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She walked with a brisk step, using a tall, iron-shod stick, while her disengaged hand crumpled some flowers which she had gathered on the way and which she dropped heedlessly as she went.
white
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From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was dressed in white and her face looked fresh and cool under a large hat of Leghorn straw, with its black-velvet strings hanging loose upon her shoulders.
WOMEN
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From this reading THE TWO WOMEN Suzanne Jorance pushed the swing-gate and entered the grounds of the Old Mill.
