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all
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
always
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
back
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
bitter
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
Bleichen
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
brought
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
come
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
death
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
despairing
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
direction
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
Dunkeld
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
ELLINOR
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From this reading THE FATE OF ELLINOR.
endured
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
Erau
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
Escape
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
expression
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
face
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
family
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
fastened
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
FATE
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From this reading THE FATE OF ELLINOR.
feet
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
Fleet
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
fully
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
Gaiters
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
gloomy
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
hands
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
helplessness
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
house
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
how
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
ignored
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
Jungfernsteig
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
keenly
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
ladies
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
left
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
life
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
Lord
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
mood
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FATE OF ELLINOR.
oh
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
opening
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
power
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
presence
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
recognition
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
seemed
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
simply
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
slender
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
smarting
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
tell
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FATE OF ELLINOR.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
thought
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
time
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From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
twenty
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
two
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
wailed
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
water
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The expression of her face at that time seemed to tell simply of one who endured life till death might come.
windows
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From this reading Her windows were always fastened beyond her power of opening them, and the water of the Fleet was fully twenty feet below them, so escape in that direction was not to be thought of.
wrung
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From this reading 'Escape from this--oh, how to escape!' she wailed, as she wrung her slender hands in bitter helplessness.
Wyburg
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From this reading We left Ellinor smarting keenly under the memory of how Lord Dunkeld and the two ladies of his family ignored all recognition of her presence in the Jungfernsteig, and the despairing mood of mind in which she was brought back by Gaiters and the Erau Wyburg to the gloomy house by the Bleichen Fleet.
