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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 That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
affected
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
all
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
almost
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
away
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
back
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
Bag
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
better
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From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
brutal
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
discomfiture
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
don't
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From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
enjoying
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
face
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
friend
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From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
funnier
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
girl
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
give
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
grown
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
house-tops
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From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
I'm
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
joke
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
known
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
Leather
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
made
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From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
obvious
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
person
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
possession
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
said
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
saw
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From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
say
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From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
see
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From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
shivered
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
shrank
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
smiled
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From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
SupposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
that's
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From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
there
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
thrown
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The woman seemed to be enjoying her obvious discomfiture; she smiled, as if the joke had grown still funnier.
want
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From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
way
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Suppose you do give me away; after all, I'm not the person whom you saw in possession of the bag, and you did see someone.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading That someone was a gentleman friend, whose name, I am sure, you don't want to have shouted from the house-tops.
woman
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From this reading The Leather Bag The girl had known it, but there was something brutal in the way the woman said it which affected her almost as if she had thrown something in her face; she shrank back--shivered.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You see, that's what made me say that you had better think.
