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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 Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
admire
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
all
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From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
beautiful
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beautifully
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
braids
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
brow
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
brown
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
came
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From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
can't
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From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
Clifton
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
courtship
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
crazy
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
decided
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From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
design
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
doing
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From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
don't
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
enough
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genuine
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
go
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From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
going
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
Gray
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
hair
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
HARPETH
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
head
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
home
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From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
imagination
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
JAGUAR
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
just
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From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
lately
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From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
Letitia
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
life-fabric
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
love
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
marriage
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "We just can't go on as we have been doing lately," she continued.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
out
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
patch
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
pattern
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
piece
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
piecing
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
puckering
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
quilt
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
riotous
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
romantic
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
sanest
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
seal-brown
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
smooth
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
strips
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
symmetrical
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
trouble
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
variety
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
very
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
waves
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From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HARPETH JAGUAR "It is beautifully romantic, but I don't know what we are going to do about it," answered Letitia with genuine trouble, puckering her brow under one of her smooth waves of seal-brown hair.
women
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From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Letitia is one of the wonderful variety of women who patch out life, piece by piece, in a beautiful symmetrical pattern and who do not have imagination enough to admire anything about a riotous crazy quilt.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
wound
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From this reading She is in love with Clifton Gray, has been since she wound her brown braids about her head, and is piecing strips of him into her life-fabric by the very sanest love--courtship--marriage design.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We all decided that you would know what to do about him, and would do it when you came home.
