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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 "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
accent
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
all
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
also
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
American
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
any
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
attractive-looking
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
beaming
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
blooming
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
bright
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
buy
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
cadences
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
cape
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
carriage
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
circumstance
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
contrast
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
creatures
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
delicacy
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
door
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
eyes
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
face
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
female
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
four
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
galaxy
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
girl
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
healthful
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
how
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
Kitty
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
lace
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
latter
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
marked
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
medler
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
meet
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
men's
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
Money's
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
pedlar
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
perfect
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
pities
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
plain
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
positively
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
rare
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
reached
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
sat
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
singing
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
sort
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
spoke
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
striking
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
Tale
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
tape
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
There
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
thousand
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
tone
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
too
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From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
ugly
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
utter
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
utterance
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
vigorous
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
voice
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
vulgarity
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
ware-a
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From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Kitty, too, was at the door by the time we reached the carriage, and she also was a blooming and attractive-looking girl.
whine
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From this reading It was a thousand pities that she spoke, however; the vulgarity of her utterance, tone of voice, cadences, and accent, the latter a sort of singing whine, being in striking contrast to a sort of healthful and vigorous delicacy that marked her appearance.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
Winter's
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
young
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From this reading _Winter's Tale._ There they sat, those four young creatures, a perfect galaxy of bright and beaming eyes.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Will you buy any tape, Or lace for your cape?-- Come to the pedlar, Money's a medler That doth utter all men's ware-a."
youthful
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From this reading There was not a plain face among them; and I was struck with the circumstance of how rare it was to meet with a youthful and positively ugly American female.
