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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 The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
abode
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
arches
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
bands
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
best
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
brief
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
brightness
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
brother
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
couch
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
darkness
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
earthly
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
eternal
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
EVIL
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From this reading GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
few
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
fled
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
form
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
friends
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
gathered
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
happy
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
hardly
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
heaven's
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
high
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
hours
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
humble
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
Jenny
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
joined
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
lay
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
less
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
lost
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
mother
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
night
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
OUT
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From this reading GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
paeans
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
pain
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
Peacefully
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
rang
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
ransomed
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
rejoicing
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
resounded
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
room
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
silent
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From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
sobs
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
sorrow
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
soul
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
stranger
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
there
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
truest
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
wailings
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From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
wept
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Peacefully, on what had been her couch of pain, lay the silent form of Jenny.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The room resounded with the sobs of the mother and the brother, and hardly less with the wailings of the stranger, who, in a few brief hours had found and lost the truest and best of earthly friends.
woe
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From this reading There was woe in that humble abode, while heaven's high arches rang with paeans of rejoicing that a ransomed soul had joined the happy bands above.
world
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From this reading The darkness gathered, and still they wept--the darkness from which Jenny had fled to the brightness of the eternal world, where there is no night or sorrow.
