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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 Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
alike
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From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
arm
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
battle
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
Billy
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From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
bones
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
came
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
cheerfulness
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
child-like
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
delicacy
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
enter
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
evening
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
feelings
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
fight
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
geniality
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
get
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From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
hand
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
hide
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
home
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
lay
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
lying
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
marveling
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
Mary
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From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
MorningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
pale
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
period
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From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
puzzling
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From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
questions
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From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
room
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
royal
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
sat
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
Saxon's
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From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
shock
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From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
show
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
shrunken
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
slim
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
small
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
smallness
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
stroke
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
Tenderly
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Billy could never get over the shock, during that period, of Saxon's appearance.
there
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
transparent
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
up
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From this reading Tenderly, as he sat beside her, he would take up her pale hand and stroke the slim, transparent arm, marveling at the smallness and delicacy of the bones.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of her first questions, puzzling alike to Billy and Mary, was:
weary
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From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
work
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From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Morning after morning, and evening after evening when he came home from work, he would enter the room where she lay and fight a royal battle to hide his feelings and make a show of cheerfulness and geniality.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She looked so small lying there so small and shrunken and weary, and yet so child-like in her smallness.
