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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 WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
afterwards
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
again
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
always
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
appearance
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
artistically
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
back
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
called
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
capable
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
change
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
coarser
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
dainty
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
days
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
different
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
dressed
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
endeavoured
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
England
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
faint
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
fancied
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
fashion
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
fastidious
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
few
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
figure
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
garments
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
gentle
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
girl
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
grown
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
hands
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
hovering
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
lay
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
left
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
more
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
most
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
Nasmyth
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
never
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
next
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
Now
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
off
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
puzzling
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
RANCH
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
realized
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
recall
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
recollection
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
remembered
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
reserved
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
seemed
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
send
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
shadowy
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
sleep
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
slight
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
sometimes
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
soothing
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
stronger
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
sylph-like
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From this reading He remembered her as slight in figure--sylph-like he had sometimes called her--fastidious and dainty, and always artistically dressed.
taller
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
then
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
there
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
time
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From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
touch
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From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
vaguely
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From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading During most of the time, he fancied he was back in England, and the girl he had left there seemed to be hovering about him.
WAYNEFLEET'S
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From this reading WAYNEFLEET'S RANCH Though he afterwards endeavoured to recall them, Nasmyth had never more than a faint and shadowy recollection of the next few days.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Now, however, she seemed to have grown taller, stronger, more reserved, and, as he vaguely realized, more capable, while her garments were of a different and coarser fashion.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Now and then, she would lay gentle hands upon him, and her soothing touch would send him off to sleep again; but there was a puzzling change in her appearance.
