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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 should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
arose
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
bewildering
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
blowing
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
Bonnibel
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
completely
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
constitution
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
convalesced
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
coolly
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
daily
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From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
elapsed
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
energies
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
former
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
grief
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
health
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
heavily
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
hung
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
husband
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From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
letter
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From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
mail
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From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
marriage
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
months
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
much
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
murder
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
night
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
October
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
pale
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
paralyzing
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
perfect
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
physician
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
place
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
recuperation
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
rosy
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
said
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
sea
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
self
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
sick-bed
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
slowly
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
taken
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
too
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From this reading She had convalesced but slowly--too slowly, the physician said, for one of her former perfect health and fine constitution.
Two
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
uncle's
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From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
vain
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From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
Vere
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
wasted
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
weight
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Two months had elapsed since that dreadful night in which so much had taken place--her secret marriage and her uncle's murder.
winds
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From this reading October winds were blowing coolly over the sea before Bonnibel Vere arose from her sick-bed, the pale and wasted shadow of her former rosy and bewildering self.
work
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From this reading But the weight of grief hung heavily upon her, paralyzing her energies so completely that the work of recuperation went on but slowly.
young
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From this reading She should have had a letter from her young husband ere this, but it was in vain that she asked for the mail daily.
