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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 If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
almost
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
asserted
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
condemning
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
conduct
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
consciousness
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
countess's
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
courage
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From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
crushed
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
culpable
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
dangers
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
delayed
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
escape
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
felt
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
guilt
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
idea
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From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
inwardly
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
maternal
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
moment
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
months
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
mother
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
necessity
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
other
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
painful
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
pined
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
questioning
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
rebelled
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
recovery
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
refrained
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
resignation
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
resisted
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
rights
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
sad
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
sadly
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
saw
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
secretly
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
several
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
side
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
surrendered
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
thus
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From this reading But she secretly pined, and inwardly rebelled against her sad disappointment; and thus her recovery was delayed for several months.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had the idea, but not the courage to do so.
too
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From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
tyranny
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
Valentine
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From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If, on one side, she saw the dangers of an almost culpable resignation--for she, too, was a mother!--on the other she felt crushed by the consciousness of her guilt.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The moment had come when Valentine should have asserted her maternal rights, and resisted the countess’s tyranny.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
yielded
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From this reading She sadly yielded; surrendered herself into the hands of a mother whose conduct she refrained from questioning, to escape the painful necessity of condemning it.
