adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
AlbionnounUS /ˈælbiən/
archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
ashyadjectiveUS /ˈæʃi/
of a light grey
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
bednounUS /bed/
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
belovedadjectiveUS /bɪˈlʌvd/
dearly loved
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
claspedverbUS /klæspt/
past form of “clasp” — hold firmly and tightly
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
consciousadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːnʃəs/
intentionally conceived
From this reading She was now scarce conscious.
convulsivelyadverb
with convulsions, in a convulsive way
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
daughternounUS /ˈdɔːtər/
a female human offspring
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
doctornounUS /ˈdɑːktər/
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
drawing-room
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From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
enteredverbUS /ˈentərd/
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
eyesnounUS /aɪz/
opinion or judgment
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
forebodingnounUS /fɔːrˈboʊdɪŋ/
a feeling of evil to come
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
foundverbUS /faʊnd/
set up or found
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
friendnounUS /frend/
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
frozeverbUS /froʊz/
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
fulladjectiveUS /fʊl/
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
gravenounUS /ɡreɪv/
death of a person
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
griefnounUS /ɡriːf/
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
handsnounUS /hændz/
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
HARDIE
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From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
headnounUS /hed/
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
heartnounUS /hɑːrt/
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
Julia
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From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
kneeled
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From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
lyingnounUS /ˈlaɪɪŋ/
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/
a particular point in time
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
MRnounUS /ˈmɪstər/
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She was now scarce conscious.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
paleadjectiveUS /peɪl/
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
satnounUS /sæt/
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
scarceadverbUS /skers/
only a very short time before
From this reading She was now scarce conscious.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was now scarce conscious.
struckadjectiveUS /strʌk/
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
terrornounUS /ˈterər/
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/
precisely as stated
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
VillanounUS /ˈvɪlə/
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
From this reading HARDIE found his daughter lying ashy pale on a little bed in the drawing-room of Albion Villa.
vividadjectiveUS /ˈvɪvəd/
evoking lifelike images within the mind
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was now scarce conscious.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The old doctor sat at her head looking very grave; and Julia kneeled over her beloved friend, pale as herself; with hands clasped convulsively, and great eyes of terror and grief.
woenounUS /woʊ/
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading That vivid young face, full of foreboding and woe, struck Mr. Hardie the moment he entered, and froze his very heart.
