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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 At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
absence
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
Anthony
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
awake
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
back
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
bedroom
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
brooding
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
Cardew
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
continually
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
cost
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From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
eleven
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
felt
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From this reading Sometimes Grace felt sorry for Anthony.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
forth
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
go
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
Grace
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
heard
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
home
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
Howard
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
Lily's
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
lying
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
made
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From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
man
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
midnight
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
now
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
old
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From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
overhead
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
pacing
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
past
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
puzzled
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
reached
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
some
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes Grace felt sorry for Anthony.
sorry
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From this reading Sometimes Grace felt sorry for Anthony.
steadily
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
tired
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From this reading At midnight Howard Cardew reached home again, a tired and broken man.
unexplained
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From this reading Grace had been lying awake in her bedroom, puzzled by his unexplained absence, and brooding, as she now did continually, over Lily's absence.
upstairs
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From this reading At half past eleven she heard Anthony Cardew come in and go upstairs, and for some time after that she heard him steadily pacing back and forth overhead.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He had made himself at such cost, and now when he was old, he had everything and yet nothing.
