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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 A WILL AND A WEDDING.
all
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
AlonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A WILL AND A WEDDING.
Arctura
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
banks
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
bowed
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
broke
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
business
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
caused
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
channels
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
commissioned
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
concerning
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From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
down
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
Edinburgh
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
expostulated
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
falsest
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
family
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
fetch
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
flood
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
gave
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From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
Graeme
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
heaven
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
hold
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
instructions
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From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
inundation
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
laden
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
land
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
lawyer
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
man
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
many
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
Mr
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
narrow
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
opening
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
opinions
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
petty
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
red
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
rush
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
sent
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From this reading Arctura sent for Mr. Graeme, and commissioned him to fetch the family lawyer from Edinburgh.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
shoulders
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
shrugged
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
tide
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
too
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
unspeakable
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
weak
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
weakened
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
WEDDING
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From this reading A WILL AND A WEDDING.
weights
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From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
WILLmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A WILL AND A WEDDING.
windows
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From this reading But the opening of the windows of heaven, and the unspeakable rush of life through channels too narrow and banks too weak to hold its tide, caused a terrible inundation: the red flood broke its banks, and weakened all the land.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Alone with him she gave instructions concerning her will.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The man of business shrugged his shoulders, laden with so many petty weights, bowed down with so many falsest opinions, and would have expostulated with her.
