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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 BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
airily
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
aqueous
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
arrived
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
BELLA'S
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
blue
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
carved
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
CHAMPION
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
chaste
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
conveyed
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
cool
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
daintily
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
decoration
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
distance
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
down
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From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
drawing-room
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
early
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
effect
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
exterior
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
figures
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
finely
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
glance
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
gray
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
house
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
ivory
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
Lisle
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
marble
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
Millicent's
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
moor
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
noticed
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
objects
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
ornaments
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
picture
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
pleasantly
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
poised
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
quaint
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
rather
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
salient
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
sat
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From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
skilfully
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
solitude
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
some
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
statuettes
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
stretch
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
There
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From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
tones
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
ushered
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From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
very
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
waited
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From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
water-color
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BELLA'S CHAMPION It was early in the afternoon when Lisle arrived at Millicent's house and, after a glance at its quaint exterior, was ushered into her drawing-room.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading There he sat down and looked about while he waited.
white
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From this reading The salient tones of its decoration were white and aqueous blue, and the effect struck him as pleasantly chaste and cool.
wide
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From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Next, he noticed some daintily carved objects in ivory, and a picture in water-color of a wide, gray stretch of moor with distance and solitude skilfully conveyed.
wrought
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From this reading Among the rather mixed ornaments were a couple of marble statuettes, the figures airily poised and very finely wrought.
