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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 "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
arm
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Have I had a fall?" she asked dizzily.
bank
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
bare
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
bending
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
blanched
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
came
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
cheer
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
Crupps
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
dawn
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
Di
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
dizzily
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From this reading "Have I had a fall?" she asked dizzily.
dread
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
enshrouds
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
face
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
fall
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From this reading "Have I had a fall?" she asked dizzily.
fear
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
find
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
forth
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
gentleness
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
grey
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
grief
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Have I had a fall?" she asked dizzily.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
hardly
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have I had a fall?" she asked dizzily.
head
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
heavier
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
Hemsworth
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Have I had a fall?" she asked dizzily.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
LookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
Lord
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
Miss
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
shoulder
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
sitting
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
Some
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
sore
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
supported
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From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
SWINBURNE
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From this reading SWINBURNE.
ThanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
trembling
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From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Di came to herself, it was to find that she was sitting on the bank supported by Miss Crupps' trembling arm, with her head on Miss Crupps' shoulder.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
wiping
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
woman
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From this reading Some one, bending over her--could it be Lord Hemsworth with that blanched face and bare head?--was wiping her face with the gentleness of a woman.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading "And dawn, sore trembling still and grey with fear, Looked hardly forth, a face of heavier cheer Than one which grief or dread yet half enshrouds."
