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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 LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
AlasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Alas!
Alba's
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
always
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
anonymous
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
arms
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
bent
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
brown
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
child
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
companion
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
complexion
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
daughter
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
delicate
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
despair
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
DI
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
dull
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
emotion
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
eyes
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
face
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
friend
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
friend's
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
gone
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
greater
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
heart
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
held
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
immediate
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
impenetrable
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
infamy
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
LAKE
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
large
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
letter
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
Lydia
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
mad
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
Madame
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
Maitland
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
midst
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
miserable
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
misery
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
mistrusting
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
more
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
mother
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
pity
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
plunged
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
PORTO
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
pretty
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
proof
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
quivering
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
realizing
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
recoiled
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
Rome
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
sad
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
seized
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
shown
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From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
silent
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
sinister
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
smiling
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
sorrow
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
Steno's
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
tears
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
there
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
thoughts
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From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
tinged
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
vicinity
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From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
vownounUS /vaʊ/
a serious promise
From this reading The miserable child did not know that while she was plunged in despair, there was in Rome and in her immediate vicinity a creature bent upon realizing a mad vow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The pity which her companion in misery had shown for her--was it not one more proof that she was right in mistrusting her mother?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LAKE DI PORTO Her friend's tears had relieved sad Alba's heart while she held that friend in her arms, quivering with sorrow and pity; but when she was gone, and Madame Steno's daughter was alone, face to face with her thoughts, a greater distress seized her.
woman
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
young
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From this reading And that creature was the same who had not recoiled before the infamy of an anonymous letter, pretty and sinister Lydia Maitland--that delicate, that silent young woman with the large brown eyes, always smiling, always impenetrable in the midst of that dull complexion which no emotion, it seemed, had ever tinged.
