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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 I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
all
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From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
always
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
amiss
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE."
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
anxiety
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From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
any
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
assert
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
begun
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
bright
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
clear
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
cloud
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
cool
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
day
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
dewy
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
DOUBLE
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From this reading "DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE."
eight
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
face
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
fallen
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
fancied
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
far
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From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
film
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
friends
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
friendship
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
gather
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
going
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From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
less
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
lighted
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
looking
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
Marion
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
noonday
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
now
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
once
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
privilege
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
say
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
seven
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
some
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
special
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From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
sun
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
TOIL
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From this reading "DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE."
TROUBLE
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From this reading "DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE."
twenty
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From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
two
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
ultimate
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
Unwilling
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From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
usual
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From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had for a day or two fancied that Marion was looking less bright than usual, as if some little shadow had fallen upon the morning of her life.
well
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From this reading She answered that all was going on well, at least so far that she had no special anxiety about any of them.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading I say _morning_, because, although Marion must now have been seven or eight and twenty, her life had always seemed to me lighted by a cool, clear, dewy morning sun, over whose face it now seemed as if some film of noonday cloud had begun to gather.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Unwilling at once to assert the ultimate privilege of friendship, I asked her if any thing was amiss with her friends.
