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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 When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
all
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
allured
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
any
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
atmosphere
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
attitude
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
back
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
bearing
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
charnel
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
Cleo
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
count
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
didn't
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
entering
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He felt he understood what had prompted her every word.
felt
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From this reading He felt he understood what had prompted her every word.
future
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
got
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
heart
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From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
Helen's
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
home
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
house
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
learned
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
leisure
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
lessen
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From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
lodgings
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
marriage
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
Morgan
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
Noble
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From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
notice
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
optimistic
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
pain
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From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
permit
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
ponder
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From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
pre-perception
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
prompted
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From this reading He felt he understood what had prompted her every word.
sensation
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From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
striving
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From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
suggestion
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
understood
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From this reading He felt he understood what had prompted her every word.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Noble heart that she was, she had been striving to lessen his pain.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He felt he understood what had prompted her every word.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Morgan got back to their lodgings he had the sensation of entering the atmosphere of a charnel house.
wild
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From this reading Of course, he told himself, he must not take any notice of her wild suggestion that he and Cleo must part and that their marriage didn't count; nor did he permit himself to be allured by her optimistic pre-perception of the future.
word
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From this reading He felt he understood what had prompted her every word.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Cleo had not come home yet, and he had leisure to ponder on Helen's attitude towards him and her bearing when she had learned all.
