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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 I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
America
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
anguish
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
anticipation
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
asleep
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
awakening
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
best
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
companionship
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
day
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
despair
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
disappearance
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
distraction
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
down
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
dreams
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
dull
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
felt
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
flight
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
forget
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
Francisco
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
fresh
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
FRISCO
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
go
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
harassing
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
impossible
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
incessant
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
intervals
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
joyful
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
letter
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
lie
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
meeting
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
mystery
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
New
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
night
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
perpetually
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
pondering
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
put
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
reaching
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
reason
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
recognised
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
San
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
slept
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
some
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
sort
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
stop
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
strain
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
subconsciousness
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
subject
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
subsequent
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
Suzee
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
very
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
Viola
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
Viola's
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
vivid
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From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
voyage
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
way
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From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I slept little at night, and in the short intervals of rest such vivid dreams of Viola would come to me, that awakening in the morning brought a fresh anguish of despair and disappointment with it each day.
worrying
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From this reading The mystery of Viola's disappearance and her flight from me stood before my mind perpetually, worrying and harassing it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I felt no joyful anticipation of reaching 'Frisco and meeting Suzee, though I recognised in a dull way that some sort of distraction and companionship would be the best thing to stop this incessant pondering on the same subject.
wretched
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
year
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From this reading This sort of thing could not go on, I must let her "lie asleep in my subconsciousness for a year," as she put it in her letter--for to forget her was impossible--or my reason would go down under the strain.
York
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From this reading IN 'FRISCO During the voyage to New York and the subsequent journey across America to San Francisco I was very wretched.
