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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 A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
advanced
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
afterwards
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
any
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
ascend
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
bed
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
bed-chamber
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From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
busy and excited activity
From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
corridor
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
cottage
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From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
curiosity
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
Dane
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From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
display
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
domestic
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
down
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
evening
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From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
face
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
Fanny
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
floor
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From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
footsteps
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From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
forbade
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
helped
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
horror
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
hours
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
house
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
husband
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
informed
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
Iris
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
irresistible
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
kept
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
lamp
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
likeness
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
living
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
MAN
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From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
means
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
mistress
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
patient
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
perhaps
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
preventing
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
pride
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
quietly
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
recognising
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
rested
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
room
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
sank
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From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
seeing
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The hours advanced--the bustle of domestic life sank into silence--everybody but Iris rested quietly in bed.
sound
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From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
stairs
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
stranger's
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
strengthened
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
suffering
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From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
taken
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From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
TOWARDSprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
turned
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From this reading She was, afterwards informed by Fanny that the doctor turned down the lamp in the corridor, before the patient was helped to ascend the stairs, as a means of preventing the mistress of the house from plainly seeing the stranger's face, and recognising the living likeness of her husband.
Vimpany
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From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Nothing but the sound of footsteps, outside, told her when the suffering man was taken to his bed-chamber on the same floor.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A feeling of pride which forbade any display of curiosity, strengthened perhaps by an irresistible horror of Vimpany, kept Iris in her room.
WIFE
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From this reading MAN AND WIFE TOWARDS evening, the Dane was brought to the cottage.
