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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 When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
All
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From this reading All things had slipped away from her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
announcing
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
away
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From this reading All things had slipped away from her.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
case
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
creatures
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
cry
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
declined
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
defend
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
defendants
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
deserving
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
Desmoines
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
desperate
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From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
DespiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
die
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
dropped
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
due
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
exercise
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From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
fairly
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
Fillmore
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
God's
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
heart
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
human
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
justice
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
keener
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From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
Lancaster
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
letter
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
Marquise
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
out
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
outraged
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
perhaps
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
poisonous
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
powerless
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From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
received
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
scarcely
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From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
sense
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
sharp
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
slipped
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From this reading All things had slipped away from her.
strange
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From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
suffering
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From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
There
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From this reading There could scarcely be, for her, a keener suffering.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
things
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From this reading All things had slipped away from her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
vs
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From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the Marquise Desmoines received from Fillmore a letter announcing that the defendants in the case of Desmoines _vs._ Lancaster declined to defend, she uttered a sharp cry, and dropped the letter as if it had been poisonous.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That strange sense of justice--of what is fairly due to one as a human being--which is perhaps the last thing to die out of even the least deserving of God’s creatures, told her heart that she had been outraged.
yearning
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From this reading Despite all her powers, and her desperate yearning to exercise them, she was powerless.
