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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 “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
almost
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
attitude
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From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
automaton
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From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
calamity
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
closed
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
color
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
colorless
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
devoutly
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
EVENnounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
excitement
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
extended
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
eyes
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
face
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
filled
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
hand
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
Ichigo
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
inhaled
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
intense
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
Lady
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
latter
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
like
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From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
line
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
lips
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
listlessly
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
mother-in-law
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
move
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From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
Ohano
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
peculiarly
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From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
pipe
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
puffs
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
quoted
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
Saito
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
satisfaction
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
several
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
single
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
some
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From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
strange
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From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
taper
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From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
There
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From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ohano listlessly extended the taper to her mother-in-law, and the latter took several puffs and inhaled with intense satisfaction.
touched
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From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
trembling
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
turn
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From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
unable
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From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
vestige
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From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something peculiarly still and strange about the attitude of Ohano.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes seemed almost closed, her lips were a single colorless line, and there was not a vestige of color in her face.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Almost she seemed like some automaton that was unable to move save when touched.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “EVEN a calamity, left alone, may turn into a fortune,” quoted Lady Saito Ichigo, devoutly, as with her hand trembling with excitement she filled her pipe.
