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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 It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
all
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
arched
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
assembled
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
betrayed
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
brow
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
call
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
cats
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
Caucasian
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
child
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
China
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
closed
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
collection
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
company
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
corners
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
curtains
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
down
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
drooping
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
Dund
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
ears
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
earthly
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
eaves
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
ethnographic
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
eyebrows
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
fifteen
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
figure
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
four
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
French
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
fur
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
girl
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
heard
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
hostess
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
judge
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
leaped
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
lips
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
manner
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
model
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
much
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
old
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
origin
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
other
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
panther-like
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
perhaps
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
pointed
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
pug-dogs
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
Puss
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
pussy
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
rainbow-formed
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
red
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
roguish
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
roof
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
saint
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
scampered
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
served
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
silken
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
smile
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From this reading With her arched brow and rainbow-formed eyebrows, she might have served as a model for a saint, had not the roguish smile about the corners of her red lips betrayed an earthly origin.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
sparrow
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
speak
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
speech
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
Then
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
two
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
vanished
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
wavy
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From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
window
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From this reading When they heard the call, "Puss, puss!" they scampered down the roof, leaped from the eaves, and vanished, one after the other, between the curtains of the open window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was quite an ethnographic, so to speak, collection of cats; a panther-like French pussy from Dund, a Caucasian with long pointed ears, one from China with wavy silken fur and drooping ears.
years
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
young
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From this reading Then the window was closed, for the company were all assembled--four cats, two pug-dogs, and a sparrow, and the hostess, a young girl.
younger
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From this reading The girl, to judge from her figure, was perhaps fifteen years old; but her manner and speech were those of a much younger child.
