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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 _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
age
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
air
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
almost
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
amateur
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
any
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apt
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
back
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From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
called
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
danced
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
deceive
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
Dorincourt
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
Earl
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
error
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From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
exceedingly
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
fatal
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fearful
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
feel
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
gay
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
got
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
Grandfather
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
hadn't
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head
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
Joy
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Joy's
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
Just
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
kind
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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like
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From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
lying
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
mess
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month
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
off
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Oh
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
only
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From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
out
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own
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people
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
Phyllis
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
popped
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practise
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
present
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From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
price
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From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
proud
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rectifying
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From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
rose
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
sentences
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From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
spoke
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
tangled
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
There
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From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There is no time like the present for the rectifying of an error.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
too
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From this reading If only those fatal first sentences hadn't popped out, and if she only hadn't been too proud to take them back!
up
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From this reading Because Grandfather rose up after this, with what Phyllis called his Earl of Dorincourt air, and spoke.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
weave
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
web
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From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!"_ danced through Joy's head....
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just the same she continued to feel that a month of life off with gay, kind people her own age was worth almost any price; which was exceedingly wrong, and got Joy into a fearful mess, as amateur lying is apt to do.
worth
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wrong
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