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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 The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
away
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
beds
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
blossom
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
borders
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
breeze
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
built
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
bursting
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
buttercups
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
carried
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
chair
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
châteaunounUS /ʃæˈtoʊ/
A large French country house or castle, often surrounded by expansive estates and private galleries.
From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
corner
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
creepers
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
crocuses
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
cushions
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
day
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
deliberately
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
down
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
dying
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
earlier
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
everywhere
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
field
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
flowers
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
full
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
girl
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
gray
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
head
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
hyacinths
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
invalid
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
lawn
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
lawns
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
lay
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
lilac
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
murmured
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
overgrown
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
piled
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
purple
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
sanitarium
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
sheltered
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
soft
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
stone
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
stretching
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
style
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
sunny
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
sunshine
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
terraced
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
There
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
tree
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From this reading A lilac tree was bursting into blossom, the breeze was soft and full of life.
turned
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
up
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From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
villa
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From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
visit
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Behind them was the little sanitarium, a gray stone villa built in the style of a château, overgrown with creepers, and with terraced lawns stretching down to the sunny corner to which the girl had been carried earlier in the day.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The girl who was dying lay in an invalid chair piled up with cushions in a sheltered corner of the lawn.
woman
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
word
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From this reading The woman who had come to visit her had deliberately turned away her head with a murmured word about the sunshine and the field of buttercups.
yellow
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From this reading There were flowers everywhere--beds of hyacinths, and borders of purple and yellow crocuses.
