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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 She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
admit
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
BABY
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From this reading CONNIE'S BABY.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
black
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
certain
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
child
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
children
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
common
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
CONNIE'S
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From this reading CONNIE'S BABY.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
dark-skinned
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
England
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
enough
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
eyes
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
fact
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
family
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
four
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
furtive
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
ladies
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
lady's
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
like
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
lithe-limbed
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
manifest
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
measuring
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
most
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
nearly
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
now
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
old
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
oldest
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
only
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
others
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
people
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
pretty
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
prospects
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
proud
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
readers
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From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
relation
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
said
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
savage
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
seen
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
sees
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
sometimes
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
specially
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
then
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
Theodora
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From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
tinge
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From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is time I told my readers something about the little Theodora.
very
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
wild
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
working
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From this reading I admit she was not like a lady's child--only one has seen ladies' children look common enough; neither did she look like the child of working people--though amongst such, again, one sees sometimes a child the oldest family in England might be proud of.
years
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From this reading She was now nearly four years old I think,--a dark-skinned, lithe-limbed, wild little creature, very pretty,--at least most people said so, while others insisted that she had a common look.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The fact is, she had a certain tinge of the savage about her, specially manifest in a certain furtive look of her black eyes, with which she seemed now and then to be measuring you, and her prospects in relation to you.
