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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 Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
account
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
acutely
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
all
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
attention
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
caustic
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
certain
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
closeness
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
considered
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
dispassionately
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
exacting
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
feel
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
friendship
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
Gerald
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
granted
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From this reading It was Gerald who monopolised and took for granted.
Grizel
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
held
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
Helen
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
Helen's
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
hidden
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
intimate
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
irritation
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
jealousy
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
known
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
lived
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
man
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
monopolised
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From this reading It was Gerald who monopolised and took for granted.
more
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
much
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
nature
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
observed
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
other
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
place
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
realities
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
resented
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
robust
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
suspect
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
suspected
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
things
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From this reading She suspected nothing of the hidden realities of Helen's feeling, yet she did suspect, acutely, that, had it not been for Gerald, Helen might have had more time for other things.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Gerald who monopolised and took for granted.
touch
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From this reading Her robust and caustic nature had known no touch of jealousy for the place he held in Helen's life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
worth
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From this reading It was dispassionately that she observed, and resented on Helen's account, the exacting closeness of a friendship with a man who, she considered, was not worth so much time and attention.
years
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From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Miss Grizel had known Gerald all his life, and yet she was not intimate with him, and during the years that Helen had lived with her she had come to feel a certain irritation against him.
