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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 The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
all
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From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
altered
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sophy hides heart and shows temper.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
bead
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
blue
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
Carried
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
child
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
companion
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From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
day
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
doll
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
down
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
drawn
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
eyes
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
face
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
fancied
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
fearful
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
forth
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
frock
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
full
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
given
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
got
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
heart
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From this reading Sophy hides heart and shows temper.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
hides
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From this reading Sophy hides heart and shows temper.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
lap
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
Lionel
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
lying
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
much
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From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
near
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
once
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
own
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
played
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
ribbon
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
room
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
ruffled
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
shows
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From this reading Sophy hides heart and shows temper.
smoothing
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
sofa
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
Sophy
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From this reading Sophy hides heart and shows temper.
sort
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
staring
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
taken
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
temper
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From this reading Sophy hides heart and shows temper.
tenderness
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From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And all that morning, left much to herself, it had been her companion.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
tresses
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
wanderings
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She was smoothing down its frock, which she fancied had got ruffled,--smoothing it down with a sort of fearful tenderness, the doll all the while staring her full in the face with its blue bead eyes.
window
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From this reading The child was lying on a sofa drawn near the window in her own room, and on her lap was the doll Lionel had given to her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
yellow
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From this reading Carried with her in her wanderings, she had never played with it; never altered a ribbon in its yellow tresses; but at least once a day she had taken it forth and looked at it in secret.
