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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 Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
avoiding
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From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
class
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
close
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
contact
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
daughter
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
definite
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
demands
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
despise
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
equality
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
experience
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From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
fairness
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
hated
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
Hilda
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From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
human
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
integrity
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
Lightener
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From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
man
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
man's
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
more
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
motherhood
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From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
new
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From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
parasites
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From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
represented
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From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
responsibilities
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From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
rich
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
Ruth
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From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
Ruth's
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
Society
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
taught
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hilda Lightener represented a new experience to Ruth.
transgressions
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
useless
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
wasters
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From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
wife
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From this reading Even more than they hated the rich man Ruth's class hated the rich man's wife and daughter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
woman
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
womanhood
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From this reading They were parasites, wasters, avoiding the responsibilities of womanhood and motherhood.
women
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From this reading Society women stood to them for definite transgressions of the demands of human equality and fairness and integrity of life.
worse
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From this reading Never before had she come into such close contact with a woman of a class she had been taught to despise as useless and worse than useless.
