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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 But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
absence
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
also
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
anxious
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From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
ask
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
brain
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From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
came
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
carriage
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
Charlotte
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
city
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
DAN'S
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
Embankment
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
father
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She must go home, that was her first thought.
followed
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
gasped
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
go
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From this reading She must go home, that was her first thought.
grow
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
heart
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From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
home
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From this reading She must go home, that was her first thought.
hurried
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From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
lead
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From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
numbness
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From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
oppressing
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From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
out
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
remembered
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
slowly
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
square
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
steps
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From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
then
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
turning
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From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
uneasy
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
waiting
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
watched
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She hurried her steps, anxious to take the first turning which would lead to the Embankment.
WIFE
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
Wilson
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From this reading DAN'S WIFE Charlotte watched Wilson out of the square, then she slowly followed him.
wonder
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From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But she remembered that the carriage must be waiting for her on the Embankment, also that her father--she gasped a little as the thought of her father came to her--that her father would have returned from the city; that he might ask for her, and would wonder and grow uneasy at her absence.
youth
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From this reading The numbness of that dead youth was still oppressing her heart and brain.
