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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 She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
all
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am glad you say that, Philip."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
answer
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
believed
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
brave
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
Brown
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
confess
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
courage
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From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
enough
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
fever
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
girl
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
glad
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From this reading "I am glad you say that, Philip."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am glad you say that, Philip."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
irony
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From this reading She knew that this was not meant in irony.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
join
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From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
keep
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
knew
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From this reading She knew that this was not meant in irony.
letter
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From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
meant
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From this reading She knew that this was not meant in irony.
morally
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
mother
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From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
nervous
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
own
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From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
Perhaps
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From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
Philip
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From this reading "I am glad you say that, Philip."
physically
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
place
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From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
say
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From this reading "I am glad you say that, Philip."
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
sick
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
strong
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She knew that this was not meant in irony.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Perhaps nobody--nobody but you, mother--is brave in the right time and place."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She had the courage to join in that letter, but not the courage to own her part in it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
wouldn't
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
wrote
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From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She was brave enough to confess that she had been sick of a nervous fever from the answer you wrote to the Brown girl, but she wouldn't have been brave enough to confess anything at all if she had believed she would be physically or morally strong enough to keep it."
