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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 GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
all
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From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
away
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
beautiful
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From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
carrying
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
casket
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
craved
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
darkness
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
Death
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
defeat
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
die
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From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
disappoint
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From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
elude
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From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
escape
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From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
foreboding
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From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
fulfil
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From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
giving
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
gloomy
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
Grace
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From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
Graham
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From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
GRAHAM'S
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From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
Grief
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
imagined
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
inscrutable
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
jewel
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
mocking
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
Oh
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
oppressed
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From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
own
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
perfect
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
perfection
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
possessing
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
prediction
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From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
remain
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From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
remembering
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
rivals
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
SACRIFICE
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From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
semblance
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
side
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From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading GRAHAM'S LAST SACRIFICE A terrible foreboding oppressed Graham.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
vanished
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From this reading Oh, the agony of possessing this perfect casket, remembering the jewel that had vanished!
vowed
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
woman
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From this reading He had vowed to defeat his gloomy rivals, Grief and Death, and they were mocking him, giving the semblance of what he craved beyond even imagined perfection, but carrying away into their own inscrutable darkness the woman herself.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would Grace fulfil her prediction and disappoint him, after all?
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Would she elude him, escape, _die_, and yet remain at his side, beautiful as a dream?
