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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 Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
air
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From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
announcement
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “What’s she been doing now?”
big
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
chair
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
doing
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done
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From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
doubt
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
down
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
Ethel
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From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
got
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From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
hall
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From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
laughed
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From this reading Phyllis laughed.
left
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
little
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From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
made
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
met
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From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
nose
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now
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past
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Phyllis
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From this reading Phyllis laughed.
positiveness
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
Prue
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Rivers
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room
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
Sally
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
sat
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What’s she been doing now?”
Something's
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From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Something’s got to be done about that little Ethel Rivers.”
tufted
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
twins
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From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
walked
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From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
What's
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From this reading “What’s she been doing now?”
Why
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From this reading “Why, Prue and I met her in the hall and she walked past us with her nose in the air.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sally sat down in the big tufted chair in the twins’ room, and made the announcement with a positiveness that left no room for doubt.
