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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 _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
beaten
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
bed
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
bedroom
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
begged
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
blue
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
boarding-school
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
bright
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
CARR
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
certain
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
cheerfully
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
clouds
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
Clover
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From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
Clover's
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From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
completed
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
crisp
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
danced
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
dress
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
drift
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
Elsie
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From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
enough
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
evening
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From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
eyes
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
foamy
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
furnished
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
girls
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
glinting
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
glossy
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
Goslings
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
hair
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
half-finished
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
heap
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
hemming
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
Hillsover
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
home
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
Inches
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
Johnnie
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
KATY
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
lay
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
leaving
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
like
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
made
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
Mills
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
more
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
muslin
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
nearly
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
Nine
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
pile
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
pretty
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
read
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
ruffle
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
ruffles
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
sat
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
school
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
September
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
skirt
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
snowy
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
some
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
stand
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
stiff
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
sun
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
three
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
together
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
transparent
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
twelve
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
two
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
visit
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From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These girls were Clover and Elsie Carr, and it was Clover's first evening dress for which they were hemming ruffles.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
white
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From this reading It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress.
white-of-egg
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From this reading The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed; and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap, which looked like a drift of transparent clouds or a pile of foamy white-of-egg beaten stiff enough to stand alone.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
years
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From this reading _Who, during the last twelve years, have begged that something more might be told them about KATY CARR, and what she did after leaving school._ The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was nearly two years since a certain visit made by Johnnie to Inches Mills, of which some of you have read in "Nine Little Goslings;" and more than three since Clover and Katy had returned home from the boarding-school at Hillsover.
