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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 Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
almost
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
anguished
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Death has nearly been here before you.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Death has nearly been here before you.
bravely
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
broad
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
cries
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
cry
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
Death
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From this reading "Death has nearly been here before you.
defiance
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
despair
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
dismay
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
enemy
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
eyes
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
face
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
fainted
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From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
fearing
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
find
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
gleaming
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
hastens
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Death has nearly been here before you.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
hollow
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
Lady
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From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
late
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
lift
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
looking
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
mistress
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
nearly
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From this reading "Death has nearly been here before you.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
pillows
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
pitiful
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
quivering
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
Robson
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From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
Robson's
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
scorn
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
shoulder
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
strange
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
struggling
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
too
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
triumph
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From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
turns
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
Vera
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From this reading But Lady Vera has not even fainted.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
white
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From this reading Her white, quivering, anguished face turns upon her enemy with scorn and defiance, struggling bravely with pitiful weakness and despair.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Robson hastens forward, with a cry of dismay, to lift her mistress from the pillows, fearing to find her dead.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have almost come too late," she cries, resting against Mrs. Robson's broad shoulder, and looking at him with a strange triumph in her hollow, gleaming eyes.
