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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 Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
Aboard
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
aggressively
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
all
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From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
avoided
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From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
Ballaarat
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
blinding
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
boat
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
BOUND
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From this reading IN HONOR BOUND.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
Christina
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
committed
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
confided
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From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
eccentricity
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
England
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
fallen
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
girl
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From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
grown
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
happy
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
harmless
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
HONOR
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From this reading IN HONOR BOUND.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN HONOR BOUND.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
looking
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
new
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
nice
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
night
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
offended
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
once
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
perfectly
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
please
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
practice
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From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
sailed
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
seldom
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
sight
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
snow
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
soft
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
some
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
state
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
tears
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
There
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
Tiny
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From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
very
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
ways
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From this reading There had been a time when Christina seldom cried, but in England she had grown very soft in some ways, and she looked her last at it, and at the snow that had fallen in the night as if to please her, through blinding tears.
well
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From this reading Aboard the _Ballaarat_ Christina committed a new eccentricity, but it may be well to state at once, a perfectly harmless one.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She confided in another girl--a practice which Tiny had avoided all her life.
women
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From this reading And this very girl had offended her at first sight by looking aggressively happy when the boat sailed and all nice women were in tears.
