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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 His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
accomplished
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From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
Adrian
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From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
awoke
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From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
buried
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From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
carry
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
CemeterynounUS /ˈcemetery/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
cottage
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
country
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
days
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From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
death
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
despair
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From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
Doria
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
fog
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From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
footsteps
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
fortunately
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
grievousadjectiveUS /ˈɡriːvəs/
very serious and causing great pain or suffering
From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
Highgate
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From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
house
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
knowledge
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From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
lay
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
longed
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
many
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From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
mother
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
muffled
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
note
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
perhaps
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
put
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
quiet
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
ShadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
sorrow
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
sounds
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
stages
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From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
stealthy
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
strike
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
task
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From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
train
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
unconscious
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
Valley
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From this reading Doria still lay in the Valley of the Shadow unconscious, perhaps fortunately, of the stealthy footsteps and muffled sounds that strike a note of agony through a house of death.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it was many days before she awoke to knowledge and despair.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The first stages of our grievous task were accomplished.
wherein
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From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His mother had been put into a train that would carry her to the quiet country cottage wherein she longed to be alone with her sorrow.
yellow
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From this reading We had buried Adrian in Highgate Cemetery with the yellow fog around us.
