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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 Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
always
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From this reading When she was alone, it was always the past that occupied her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
any
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
AUTRES
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From this reading AUTRES TEMPS...
away
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
back
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
called
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
care
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
corner
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
couldn't
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
deck
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
defined
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
didn't
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
drive
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
enough
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
far
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
get
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
given
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
huge
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When she was alone, it was always the past that occupied her.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
kind
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
Lidcote
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
listening
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
longer
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From this reading She couldn’t get away from it, and she didn’t any longer care to.
mass
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
menacing
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
mood
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
much
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
New
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
occupied
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From this reading When she was alone, it was always the past that occupied her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
off
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
onward
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
out
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
past
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
quietly
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
reasonable
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
sat
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
screws
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
sea
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
set
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
shrank
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
steady
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
TEMPS
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From this reading AUTRES TEMPS...
terror
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When she was alone, it was always the past that occupied her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
things
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
too
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
unreasoning
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
voyage
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When she was alone, it was always the past that occupied her.
waters
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
week
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From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She had set out on the voyage quietly enough,--in what she called her “reasonable” mood,--but the week at sea had given her too much time to think of things and had left her too long alone with the past.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she was alone, it was always the past that occupied her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
York
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From this reading Mrs. Lidcote, as the huge menacing mass of New York defined itself far off across the waters, shrank back into her corner of the deck and sat listening with a kind of unreasoning terror to the steady onward drive of the screws.
