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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 Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
added
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
answered
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
brow
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
calling
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From this reading Don’t mind me calling you Dimmy, do you?
cried
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From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
Dimmy
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
discomfited
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
disfiguring
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Don’t mind me calling you Dimmy, do you?
Don't
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From this reading Don’t mind me calling you Dimmy, do you?
due
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
easy
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
Facing
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
find
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
forty-one
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From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
frown
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
GRACE
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
head
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
Hullo
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
isn't
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
it's
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
kind
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
lamp
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
lifted
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
looking
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From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don’t mind me calling you Dimmy, do you?
mean
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Don’t mind me calling you Dimmy, do you?
MISS
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
mobile
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
much
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
Music
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
name
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
nice
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
Nineteen
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From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
palpable
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
quick
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From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
Rather
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
say
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
seated
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
slipping
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From this reading Rather a nice easy, slipping kind of a name is Dimmy, isn’t it, Dimmy?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
table
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
Thanks
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
thought
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
twenty-four
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
Twenty-three
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
twenty-two
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From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
up
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From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
very
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From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Facing the Music MISS GRACE was seated at the table under the lamp, and I was a trifle discomfited to find that a very palpable frown was disfiguring her mobile brow.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Nineteen from forty-one, quick!” she cried, without looking up.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And as I answered, after due thought, “Twenty-three, I mean twenty-four; no, I mean twenty-two,” she lifted her head to say,-- “Thanks so much”; and added, “Hullo! it’s you, is it, Dimmy?
