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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 Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
able
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
anguish
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
bear
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From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
brand
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
Cain
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
clasped
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
confined
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
CONSOLATION
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From this reading CONSOLATION.
criminal
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
cry
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From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
despair
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
down
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
driven
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
earth
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
food
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
forth
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
gave
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
gesture
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
greater
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From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
groaned
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
hardly
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
heaven
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
husband
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
Io
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
Leaving
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
like
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
loathed
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
narrow
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
Oscar
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
paced
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
presence
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
prison
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
punishment
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From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
quitted
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
raised
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
restrain
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
soon
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
space
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Like him, I cry, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
tightly
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
unhappy
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
untouched
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
up
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From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
vagabond
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From this reading “The brand of Cain is upon me!” he groaned; “and like Cain, I am driven forth a vagabond on the earth.
vent
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From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As soon as Io quitted the prison cell of her husband, Oscar gave vent to the anguish which he had hardly been able to restrain in her presence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Leaving the loathed food untouched, the unhappy criminal paced up and down the narrow space in which he was confined, with hands tightly clasped and raised towards heaven with a gesture of something like despair.
