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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 Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
beheld
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
came
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
chorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/
a group singing together
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
courage
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
coursing
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
despair
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
dinned
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
dirge
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
ears
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
ecstatic
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
forth
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
Honora's
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
hours
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
mad
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
musician
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
night
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
Now
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
only
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
own
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
Periods
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
places
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
played
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
road
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
seized
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
semiconsciousness
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
set
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From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
shining
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
sleepless
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
soul
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
startled
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
stretched
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
terrors
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
unknown
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From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
wakefulness
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That night was Honora's soul played upon by the unknown musician of the sleepless hours.
way
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From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I have the right to make of my life what I can."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now a mad, ecstatic chorus dinned in her ears and set her blood coursing; and again despair seized her with a dirge.
words
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From this reading Periods of semiconsciousness only came to her, and from one of these she was suddenly startled into wakefulness by her own words.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But when she beheld the road of terrors that stretched between her and the shining places, it seemed as though she would never have the courage to fare forth along its way.
