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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 “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
all
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
attention
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
back
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
beast
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
beggary
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
burrowing
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
careless
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
charged
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
child
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
closed
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
consciousness
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
continually
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
crime
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
danger
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
degradation
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
despair
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
door
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
Eudora
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
extreme
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
family
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From this reading WHO was the poisoner of her uncle’s family?
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
forced
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
fox
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
heart
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
hiding
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
how
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
hunted
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
light
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
like
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
lodgings
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
Malcolm
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
miseries
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
monstrous
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
Montrose
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
more
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
much
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
oh
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
overwhelmed
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
own
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
peril
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
perplexity
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
personal
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
poisoner
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From this reading WHO was the poisoner of her uncle’s family?
position
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
pure
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
questions
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
rushed
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
shame
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
shuddered
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
situation
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
sorrow
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
soul
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
strange
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
then
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From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
two
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
uncle's
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From this reading WHO was the poisoner of her uncle’s family?
unnatural
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
verge
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
very
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From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the door had closed behind Malcolm Montrose, and Eudora was left alone in her strange lodgings for the first time in her life, then all the extreme miseries of her position rushed back upon her memory, and despair overwhelmed her soul.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading WHO was the poisoner of her uncle’s family?
wild
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From this reading “She is our perplexity, A creature light and wild; Though on the verge of beggary, As careless as a child.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To be charged with an unnatural and monstrous crime, at the very name of which her pure heart shuddered;—to be hunted like a wild beast;—to be hiding like a burrowing fox;—the situation was terrible in its danger; but oh, how much more terrible in its degradation!
wrong
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From this reading And through all her own personal consciousness of wrong, shame, sorrow, and peril, two questions continually forced themselves upon her attention:
