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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 To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
able
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
all
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
appeared
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
blast
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
blue
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
burst
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
carmine
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
charming
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
cheeks
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
color
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
countenances
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
cry
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
death
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
dimensions
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
displacing
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
enormous
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
eyes
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
faces
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
fading
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
fingers
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
freshness
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
gradually
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
hardly
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
hollow
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
horror
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
hue
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
icy
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
large
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
lips
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
livid
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
met
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
mutual
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
now
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
once
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
orphans
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
pallor
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
roses
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
rosy
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
similar
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
sisters
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
succeeded
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From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
suffused
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
sunk
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From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
sustain
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their large blue eyes, now hollow and sunk in, appeared of enormous dimensions.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the charming freshness of the sisters' faces had succeeded a livid pallor.
tottering
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From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
transparent
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
turning
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From this reading It was as if all the roses in their charming countenances were fading and turning blue before the icy blast of death.
violet
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From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the orphans met, tottering and hardly able to sustain themselves, a cry of mutual horror burst from their lips.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Their lips, once so rosy, were now suffused with a violet hue, and a similar color was gradually displacing the transparent carmine of their cheeks and fingers.
