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alarm
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
betrayed
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
dearest
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
drawn
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
exclaimed
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
eyes
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
face
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
filled
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
finished
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
floor
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
fragments
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
happened
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From this reading What has happened?"
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What has happened?"
hastened
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
hastening
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
how
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
join
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
Katharina
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
Katharina's
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
kneeling
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
lesson
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lift
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
lips
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
mama
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
Marie
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
matter
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
park
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
pavilion
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
practising
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From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
saw
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From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
suffering
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
swollen
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
tear-stained
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
terribly
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From this reading Katharina's tear-stained eyes, swollen face, and drawn lips betrayed how terribly she was suffering.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Marie had finished practising her lesson, and hastened to join Katharina in the park.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
trying
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She found her in the pavilion, and was filled with alarm when she saw her "little mama" kneeling among the fragments of her fortune.
woman
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From this reading "My dearest little mama!" exclaimed Marie, hastening toward the kneeling woman, and trying to lift her from the floor, "what is the matter?