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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 Save that at times her white lips quivered, And her young limbs like aspen shivered, And burst a low, sad moan!—_Nicholas Michell._ And how did Eudora pass the few anxious days of imprisonment preceding her trial?
All
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
almost
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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anguish
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anxious
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aspen
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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awful
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
backward
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
bear
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
burning
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
burst
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
charge
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
compute
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
darkly
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
days
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dearest
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
death
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
Deep
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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doom
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
drank
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
Eudora
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few
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flow
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
formed
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
grief
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
heart
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
Heaven
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
horrors
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
how
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human
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
humiliation
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imprisonment
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infamous
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
kindred
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
like
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limbs
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lips
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From this reading Save that at times her white lips quivered, And her young limbs like aspen shivered, And burst a low, sad moan!—_Nicholas Michell._ And how did Eudora pass the few anxious days of imprisonment preceding her trial?
live
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
loss
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
low
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lowered
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
Michell
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moan
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much
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
nearest
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
Nicholas
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Save that at times her white lips quivered, And her young limbs like aspen shivered, And burst a low, sad moan!—_Nicholas Michell._ And how did Eudora pass the few anxious days of imprisonment preceding her trial?
Oh
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From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
pass
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poignant
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
preceding
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pressed
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
quivered
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refused
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
Relieving
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
sad
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SaveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Save that at times her white lips quivered, And her young limbs like aspen shivered, And burst a low, sad moan!—_Nicholas Michell._ And how did Eudora pass the few anxious days of imprisonment preceding her trial?
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
shame
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
shivered
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shuddering
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
sorrow
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
stone
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
suffered
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From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
tears
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
terror
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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thirsty
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
thrown
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
times
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
transformed
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
trial
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
veil
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
weight
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From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Deep, poignant grief for the loss of her nearest and dearest kindred; burning shame at the infamous charge under which she suffered, and shuddering horrors at the awful doom that darkly lowered over her.
white
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WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who can compute the amount of sorrow, humiliation and terror that formed the great weight of anguish that pressed her young heart almost to death?
woe
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From this reading Her veil was backward thrown; Relieving tears refused to flow, All drank by her great thirsty woe, She seemed transformed to stone.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Oh, Heaven! how much the human heart may bear, and yet live on!
young
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