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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 Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
Adah
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
Adah's
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
appeared
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
back
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
baggage
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
Bank
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
bare
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
brung
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
came
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
carriage
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
cold
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
coming
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
covered
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
December
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
desolate
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
door
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
dreary
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
eastern
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
England
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
fainting
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
fields
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
forsake
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
frosty
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
frozen
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
go
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
heart
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
Hill
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
HimpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
how
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
involuntarily
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
just
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
keep
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
kept
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
knew
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
knock
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
ma'am
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
man
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
moment
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
mornings
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
New
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
Oh
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
only
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
out
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
paused
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
please
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
shivered
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
single
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
snow
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
sped
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
Spring
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
tears
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
Terrace
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
then
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
there
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
train
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
trust
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From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
uncurtained
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
watched
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
way
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
window
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
winter
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
wished
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From this reading Even this could not keep back her tears as she watched the coming of the eastern train, and wished that she could take it and go back to Spring Bank.
Wistfully
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From this reading Wistfully she watched the train which paused for a single moment and then sped on its way, just as there came a knock at the door, and the baggage man appeared.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
wont
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
woods
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Oh, how cold and dreary and desolate everything seemed on that December morning; and only Adah’s trust in Him who she knew would not forsake her kept her heart from fainting.
yesterday
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From this reading The next morning was cold and frosty, as winter mornings in New England are wont to be, and Adah, shivered involuntarily as from her uncurtained window she looked out upon the bare woods and the frozen fields covered with the snow of yesterday.
York
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From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you please, ma’am,” he began, “the Terrace Hill carriage is here—brung over the doctor, who has took the train for New York.