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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 If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
anguish
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
avoided
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
away
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From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
beautiful
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
believed
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
Chandos
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
conquered
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
drove
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From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
edge
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
evening
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
evenings
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
expose
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From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
fire
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
flames
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
go
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
HEART
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From this reading THE WOUND IN HER HEART.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WOUND IN HER HEART.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WOUND IN HER HEART.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
knew
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
leave
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
leaving
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From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
Leone
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
Looking
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
Lord
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
love
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
many
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
own
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
pain
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
passionate
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From this reading Looking in her own heart, she knew by its passionate anguish and passionate pain that the love in her had never been conquered.
precipice
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
really
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
said
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From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
showed
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
shunned
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
spent
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
strange
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOUND IN HER HEART.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
together
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From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
unnatural
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She said to herself, when the evening was over and she drove away, leaving them together, that she would never expose herself to that pain again.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
wife
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
wiser
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From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
woman
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From this reading It was so strange, so unnatural for her--she who believed herself his wife, who had spent so many evenings with him--to go away and leave him with this beautiful woman who was really his wife.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If Leone had been wiser after that one evening, she would have avoided Lord Chandos as she would have shunned the flames of fire; that one evening showed her that she stood on the edge of a precipice.
WOUND
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From this reading THE WOUND IN HER HEART.
