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, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
awakenedadjectiveUS /əˈweɪkənd/
aroused or activated
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
becomeverbUS /bɪˈkʌm/
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
bednounUS /bed/
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
commencementnounUS /kəˈmensmənt/
the time at which something is supposed to begin
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
driveverbUS /draɪv/
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
eventsnounUS /ɪˈvents/
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
faintedverbUS /ˈfeɪntɪd/
past form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
girlnounUS /ɡɜːrl/
a young female
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
heavyadjectiveUS /ˈhevi/
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
layverbUS /leɪ/
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
nightnounUS /naɪt/
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
openedadjectiveUS /ˈoʊpənd/
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
passingnounUS /ˈpæsɪŋ/
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
perhapsadverbUS /pərˈhæps/
by chance
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
pillownounUS /ˈpɪloʊ/
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
preliminaryadjectiveUS /prɪˈlɪməneri/
denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
previousadjectiveUS /ˈpriːviəs/
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
rememberedverbUS /rɪˈmembərd/
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
satnounUS /sæt/
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
shapedadjectiveUS /ʃeɪpt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
slowlyadverbUS /ˈsloʊli/
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
SometimeadverbUS /ˈsʌmtaɪm/
at some indefinite or unstated time
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
stareverbUS /ster/
look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
streetnounUS /striːt/
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
sunbeamnounUS /ˈsʌnbiːm/
a ray of sunlight
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
taxicabnounUS /ˈtæksikæb/
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
thenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
touchverbUS /tʌtʃ/
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
