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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 Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
acquirements
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
admitted
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
all
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
became
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
chocolate
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
contrary
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
discomfort
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From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
distinguished
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
dozen
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
easy
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
ELMA
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From this reading ELMA.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
fact
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From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
feasting
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
fellow-scholars
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
flying
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
form
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
girls
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
give
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From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
got
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
heels
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
incorrigible
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
joking
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
Kitty
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
laughing
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
lessons
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
low
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
Malone
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
Middleton
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
more
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
playground
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
queen
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
reverse
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
round
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
School
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From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
sense
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From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
small
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
smaller
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
smallest
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From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
somewhat
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
soon
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
sort
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
stories
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
telling
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This fact did not give her the smallest sense of discomfort.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
unlimited
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kitty Malone was admitted to a low form at Middleton School, her acquirements being the reverse of distinguished.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
wilder
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From this reading She soon got through her somewhat easy lessons, and was wilder and more incorrigible than ever.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
younger
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From this reading On the contrary, she was pleased; and although her fellow-scholars were all younger and smaller than herself, she soon became a sort of queen among them, laughing and joking with them, and flying round the playground with half a dozen small girls at her heels, feasting them with unlimited chocolate and telling them stories.
