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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 TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
all
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
aloud
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
arms
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
back
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
Better
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
Blindly
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
buffeted
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
carried
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
catch
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
cemeterynounUS /ˈcemetery/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
Cold
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From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
cruelty
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
CURTAIN
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From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
desperate
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
eyes
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
face
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
FELL
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From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
forgive
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
FRANCESCA
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From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
gate
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
God
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
graves
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
heart
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
hideous
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
HOW
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From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
just
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
laughed
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
lay
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From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
marble
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From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
met
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
moment
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
other
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
panting
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
read
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
reeling
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
some
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
sprang
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
staggered
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
stumbling
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
TELLS
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From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
then
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
there
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
TRAGEDY
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From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
trance
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From this reading Blindly, as if in some hideous trance, reeling and stumbling over the graves, I carried her in my arms to the cemetery gate and stood there panting and bewildered.
truth
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From this reading For a moment I staggered back as though buffeted in the face, then, as our eyes met and read in each other the desperate truth, I sprang forward just in time to catch her as she fell.
UPONprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY."
utter
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From this reading "Better so," my heart had cried, and then I laughed aloud (God forgive me!) at the utter cruelty of it all.
white
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From this reading Cold and white as marble she lay in my arms, so that for one terrible moment I thought her dead.
