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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 THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
all
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a consequence he slept late.
aspect
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
banked
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Dawn had grown old before he wakened.
beset
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
bruised
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
cabin
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
cadences
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
clouds
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
confronted
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
consequence
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From this reading As a consequence he slept late.
Dawn
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From this reading Dawn had grown old before he wakened.
discomfort
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
door
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
dourest
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
droned
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
emotions
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
essence
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
face
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
far
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
forlorn
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
full
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
grown
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From this reading Dawn had grown old before he wakened.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dawn had grown old before he wakened.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As a consequence he slept late.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
late
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From this reading As a consequence he slept late.
low
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
MAID
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
MAN
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
melancholy
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
men
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
minor
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
mixture
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
night
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
north
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
northeast
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
oblivion
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
old
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From this reading Dawn had grown old before he wakened.
older
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
opened
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
over-strained
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
queer
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
restful
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
scudding
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
seen
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From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
sky
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
slate-gray
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
sleep
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
slept
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From this reading As a consequence he slept late.
song
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
sorrows
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
spruce
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
swaying
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
things
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
Thompson
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
tops
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From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
turned
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
twisted
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
wakened
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From this reading Dawn had grown old before he wakened.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
WAY
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky was banked full of slate-gray clouds scudding low before a northeast wind that droned its melancholy song in the swaying spruce tops, a song older than the sorrows of men, the essence of all things forlorn in its minor cadences.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
withheld
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From this reading THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAN Between the queer mixture of emotions which beset him and the discomfort of his bruised face and over-strained body Thompson turned and twisted, and sleep withheld its restful oblivion until far in the night.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading When he opened his cabin door he was confronted by the dourest aspect of the north that he had yet seen.
