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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 He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
abuse
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
akin
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
appeared
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
boy
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From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
confusion
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
consternation
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Not a very intellectual nor healthy-looking boy either.
embarrassed
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
fact
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
gave
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
girl's
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
healthy-looking
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From this reading Not a very intellectual nor healthy-looking boy either.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
hurled
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
indeed
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
intellectual
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From this reading Not a very intellectual nor healthy-looking boy either.
legal
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From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
lessened
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
lost
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
man
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From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
moment
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
newcomer
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a very intellectual nor healthy-looking boy either.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
offending
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
overcome
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
perhaps
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From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
place
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
possibly
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
presence
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
readiness
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
ready
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
sense
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From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
speech
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From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
tip
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
Tom
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
very
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From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She appeared, for the moment, to be overcome by something which was akin to consternation, to have lost her presence of mind, her readiness of speech.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The abuse which had been on the tip of the girl's tongue, ready to be hurled at the offending Tom, gave place to something very different indeed.
whit
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From this reading Nor, possibly, was her confusion lessened by the fact that the newcomer seemed to be, every whit, as embarrassed as she was.
young
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From this reading He was a young man, except, perhaps, in a legal sense, nothing but a boy.
