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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 _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
accurately
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
adrift
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
alive
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
all
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
artist
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
baby's
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
become
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
Bray
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
cared
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
cast
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
child
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From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
conviction
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
cruelly
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
die
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
died
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
doubts
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
drawn
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
Edith
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
face
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
failed
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
fate
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
glance
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
hope
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From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
humanity
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From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
knew
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
likeness
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
means
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
merged
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
mother
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
mother's
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From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
Mrs
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
obtained
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
out
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
photographed
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
pity
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From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
pushed
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
questionings
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
recognize
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
settled
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From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
single
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From this reading The face of Mrs. Bray had, in the single glance Edith obtained of it, become photographed in her mind.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From her mother's pity and humanity she had nothing to hope for the child.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
trace
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From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It had been cruelly cast adrift, pushed out to die; by what means was cared not, so that it died and left no trace.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading _AS_ for Edith, all doubts and questionings as to her baby's fate were merged into a settled conviction that it was alive, and that her mother knew where it was to be found.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
woman
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From this reading If she had been an artist, she could have drawn it from memory so accurately that no one who knew the woman could have failed to recognize her likeness.
