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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 At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
air
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
any
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
Arthur
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
assuming
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
authority
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
become
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
bore
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
breast
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
bright
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
brook
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
child's
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
detect
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
Dimmesdale
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
evidently
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
explain
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
expressions
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
extended
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
eyes
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
felt
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
fixed
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
flower-girdled
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From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
forefinger
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
gesture
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
glance
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
habitual
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
hand
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
heart
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
honey-sweet
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
image
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From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
included
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
involuntary
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
manner
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
minister
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
mirror
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From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
mother
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
mother's
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
Now
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
other
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
out
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
PearlnounUS /pɜːrl/
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
pointing
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
reason
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
relation
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
responding
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
side
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From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
singular
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
small
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
some
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
stole
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
stretched
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From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
sunny
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From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
there
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From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
too
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From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading At length, assuming a singular air of authority, Pearl stretched out her hand, with the small forefinger extended, and pointing evidently towards her mother’s breast.
unaccountable
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From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And beneath, in the mirror of the brook, there was the flower-girdled and sunny image of little Pearl, pointing her small forefinger too.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
wild
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From this reading Now she fixed her bright wild eyes on her mother, now on the minister, and now included them both in the same glance, as if to detect and explain to herself the relation which they bore to one another.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For some unaccountable reason, as Arthur Dimmesdale felt the child’s eyes upon himself, his hand—with that gesture so habitual as to have become involuntary—stole over his heart.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Pearl, without responding in any manner to these honey-sweet expressions, remained on the other side of the brook.
