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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 The woman who faced her now--hard-featured, with narrow, suspicious eyes and a mass of florid hair--was unmistakably and brutally vulgar.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
Beatrice
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From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Between the landladies there was little enough to choose.
Blenheim
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brutally
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cane
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caustic
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chairs
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From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Between the landladies there was little enough to choose.
dingy
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dining-room
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drawing-room
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enough
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From this reading Between the landladies there was little enough to choose.
expanded
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From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
eyes
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faced
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fancied
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florid
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gentility
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From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
hair
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hard
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hard-featured
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From this reading The woman who faced her now--hard-featured, with narrow, suspicious eyes and a mass of florid hair--was unmistakably and brutally vulgar.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
history
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From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
House
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From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
landladies
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From this reading Between the landladies there was little enough to choose.
Lawrence
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From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Between the landladies there was little enough to choose.
made
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mass
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mosquito
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Mrs
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narrow
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nature
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netting
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notwithstanding
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now
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oblong
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
Once
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From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
pretense
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Raithby
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repeating
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From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
some
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stained
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From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
suspicious
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tablecloth
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From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
there
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From this reading Between the landladies there was little enough to choose.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Raithby Lawrence, notwithstanding her caustic tongue and suspicious nature, had at least made some pretense at gentility.
unmistakably
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From this reading The woman who faced her now--hard-featured, with narrow, suspicious eyes and a mass of florid hair--was unmistakably and brutally vulgar.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
vulgar
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From this reading The woman who faced her now--hard-featured, with narrow, suspicious eyes and a mass of florid hair--was unmistakably and brutally vulgar.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once again it seemed to Beatrice that history was repeating itself.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The woman who faced her now--hard-featured, with narrow, suspicious eyes and a mass of florid hair--was unmistakably and brutally vulgar.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The dingy, oblong dining-room, with its mosquito netting, stained tablecloth, and hard cane chairs, expanded until she fancied herself in the drawing-room of Blenheim House.
woman
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From this reading The woman who faced her now--hard-featured, with narrow, suspicious eyes and a mass of florid hair--was unmistakably and brutally vulgar.
