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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 My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
all
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
almost
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
Anna
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
aunt
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
called
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
Clifton
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
comes
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
dear
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
Dramatis
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
enquire
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
estranged
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
feels
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
Frank
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
friend
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Grosvenor
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
heart
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
Henley
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
incident
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
interests
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
Ives
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
jealousy
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
kind
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
London
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
looking
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
Louisa
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
paid
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
Personae
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
premise
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
relate
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
repeat
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
Richmond
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
see
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
seem
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
sorry
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
St
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
Street
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
summer
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
suspicion
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
things
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
thinks
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
thousand
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
uneasiness
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From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
usual
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From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
vanished
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From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
villa
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
visit
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
Wenbourne
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading My heart feels as if it were estranged by silence, and thinks it has a thousand things to repeat; though, when it comes to enquire what, they seem as if they had all vanished.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Not but I have a little incident to relate, which interests us both; the Dramatis Personae being, as usual, Clifton, Frank Henley, and the friend of my Louisa.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I ought to premise, that I am sorry to see Clifton again looking on Frank Henley with uneasiness, and a kind of suspicion that might almost be called jealousy.
write
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From this reading _Anna Wenbourne St. Ives to Louisa Clifton_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ I must write, dear Louisa.
yesterday
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From this reading We yesterday paid a visit to my aunt Wenbourne, at her summer villa of Richmond.
