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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 Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
altogether
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
appeared
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
bloom
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
brigand's
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
cloak
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
clustering
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
coffin
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
curiosity
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
delicacy
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
disordered
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
drawn
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
dry
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
effort
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
eyes
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
face
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
faint
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
fasten
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
fell
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
flesh
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
gold
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
grown
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From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
haggard
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
hair
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
heat
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
hesitatingly
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
hope
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
knees
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From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
leaned
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
light
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
looking
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
Making
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
moved
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
old
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From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
only
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
parched
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
peach-like
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
rose
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From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
showers
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
signs
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
skin
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
trembling
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
tropical
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From this reading The peach-like bloom and delicacy of her flesh had altogether disappeared—her skin appeared drawn and dry as though parched in tropical heat.
upright
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From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
vague
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From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
watched
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From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
well
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From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Making an effort to fasten her cloak with her trembling hands, she moved hesitatingly toward the brigand’s coffin and leaned over it, looking in with a faint light of hope as well as curiosity in her haggard face.
wonderment
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From this reading I watched her in vague wonderment—she had grown old so suddenly.
words
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From this reading At these words she rose from her knees and stood upright.
youth
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From this reading Her hair was disordered, and fell about her in clustering showers of gold—that, and her eyes, were the only signs of youth about her.
