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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 Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
address
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
addressed
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
awakened
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
better
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
called
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
children
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
common
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
condolence
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
fact
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
find
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
fury
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
girl
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
give
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
instance
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
intolerable
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From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
just
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
knowledge
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
known
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
like
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
liked
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
lost
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
Madame
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
matter
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
mother
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
newly-married
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
now
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
off
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
orphans
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
Papa
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
people
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
phrases
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
pleasure
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
present
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From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
Probably
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From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
referring
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
Some
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From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
strangers
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From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
talk
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From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Probably (I thought) they liked to be the first to give us that name, just as some people find pleasure in being the first to address a newly-married girl as “Madame.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
too
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
weep
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From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such of those present as were strangers I found intolerable.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What right had they to weep over or to talk about her?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Some of them, in referring to ourselves, called us “orphans”--just as though it were not a matter of common knowledge that children who have lost their mother are known as orphans!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
world
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From this reading In fact, the phrases of condolence with which they addressed Papa (such, for instance, as that “she is better off now” “she was too good for this world,” and so on) awakened in me something like fury.
