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Wild Kitty
Wild Kitty

Chapter XI

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Context Illustration Reading 1/49 · 5 lines
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THE "SPOTTED LEOPARD."
Kitty was miserable that night.
An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.
She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.
Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.
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Wild Kitty

Chapter XI

Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE "SPOTTED LEOPARD."
Line 2
Kitty was miserable that night.
Line 3
An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.
Line 4
She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.
Line 5
Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Below preposition US /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading “She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.”

Either determiner US /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading “She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.”

All words in this reading · 38

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almost

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

always

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From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

bliss

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

down

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

downs

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From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

earth

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.

girl

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From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

heaven

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

intense

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From this reading Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.

Irish

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From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

Kitty

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From this reading Kitty was miserable that night.

LEOPARD

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From this reading THE "SPOTTED LEOPARD."

miserable

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From this reading Kitty was miserable that night.

misery

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

night

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From this reading Kitty was miserable that night.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

ordinary

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

revulsion

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From this reading Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.

seventh

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

spirits

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From this reading Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.

SPOTTED

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From this reading THE "SPOTTED LEOPARD."

suffering

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From this reading Kitty was suffering from an intense revulsion of spirits.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Kitty was miserable that night.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE "SPOTTED LEOPARD."

up

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From this reading She is either up in the seventh heaven of bliss, or she is down almost below the ordinary earth in misery.

ups

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From this reading An Irish girl has always her ups and downs.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Kitty was miserable that night.