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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 A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
abstraction
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
almost
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
anxious
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
awoke
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
chief
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
deep
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
extreme
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
eyes
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
fever
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
fitful
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
fixed
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
follow
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
following
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
former
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
gone
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
Grace's
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
Graham
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
grief
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
head
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
lassitude
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
like
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
lily
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
manner
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
Mayburn
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
moods
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
more
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
nurse
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
paroxysms
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
pass
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From this reading But the weakness will pass; she'll rally.
raise
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
rally
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From this reading But the weakness will pass; she'll rally.
said
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From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
she'll
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From this reading But the weakness will pass; she'll rally.
SPIRIT
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
stare
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
symptom
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
then
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This morning," said her anxious nurse, "she is more like a broken lily that has not strength to raise its head.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
uncontrollable
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
unnatural
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
vacancy
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
weak
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From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading But the weakness will pass; she'll rally.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But the weakness will pass; she'll rally.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
witness
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From this reading Mrs. Mayburn told Graham that she had had long moods of deep abstraction, during which her eyes would be fixed on vacancy, with a stare terrible to witness, and then would follow uncontrollable paroxysms of grief.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was almost as weak as a violent fever would have left her, but her former unnatural and fitful manner was gone.
WOUNDED
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From this reading A WOUNDED SPIRIT Grace's chief symptom when she awoke on the following morning was an extreme lassitude.
