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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 While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
ailing
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
albeitconjunctionUS /ɔːlˈbiːɪt/
although
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
all
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
always
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
bearing
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
beguile
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From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
believing
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
Betsy
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
captive
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
child
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
clew
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
closely-guarded
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
complaisant
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
countess
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
dangerous
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
dawn
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From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
day
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From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
days
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
distracted
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
dreariness
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From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
fate
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
friends
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
glide
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
grief
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
heart
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
hearts
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
heavy
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
hope
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
hoped
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From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
kind
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
Lady
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
lonely
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
lunatic
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
mansion
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
music
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From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
occupation
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From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
past
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
persists
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
portion
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
protestationsplural nounUS /ˌprɑtəˈsteɪʃənz/
strong statements of objection
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
release
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From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
remains
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
Robson
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
ruined
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
seeking
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
slowly
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
some
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
spite
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
strange
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
summer
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From this reading The summer days glide slowly past, each one bearing some portion of hope from Vera's lonely heart.
sunset
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From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
tears
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
treating
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From this reading In spite of all her tears and protestations Betsy Robson persists in believing her to be a dangerous lunatic, and in treating her as such, albeit always kind and complaisant as to an ailing child.
Vera's
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
wept
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From this reading With the dawn of each day she had hoped for release--with the sunset of each day she had wept over her disappointment.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The days were so long and lonely without books, music or occupation to beguile them of their length and dreariness.
wood
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
young
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From this reading While Lady Vera's friends are seeking with heavy hearts some clew to her strange fate, the fair young countess, half distracted with grief, remains a closely-guarded captive in the ruined mansion in the lonely wood.
