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REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT. What a strange life this is! what puppets we are! How terrible an enigma is Fate! I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me. How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “How awful an event may hang over our hearts!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “How terrible an enigma is Fate!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading How terrible an enigma is Fate!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
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From this reading How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
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From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
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From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
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From this reading How terrible an enigma is Fate!
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
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From this reading How terrible an enigma is Fate!
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From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
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From this reading How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading How terrible an enigma is Fate!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading How awful an event may hang over our hearts!
above and across; more than
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
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From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
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From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How terrible an enigma is Fate!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a strange life this is! what puppets we are!
in the company of; together with
From this reading REMARK ON THE TENURE OF LIFE.--THE COFFINS OF GREAT MEN SELDOM NEGLECTED.--CONSTANCE TAKES REFUGE WITH LADY ERPINGHAM.--THE HEROINE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHARACTER.-THE MANOEUVRING TEMPERAMENT.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I never set my foot without my door, but what the fearful darkness that broods over the next moment rushes upon me.
