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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 Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
Aunt
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From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
boarded
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From this reading Eighteen years she had “boarded it out.”
boarding
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
borrowed
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
daughter
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
destroyed
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
disillusionments
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
dollar
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
dreamer
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
earliest
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
Eighteen
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From this reading Eighteen years she had “boarded it out.”
faith
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
father
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
funeral
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
girlhood
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
gone
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
grave
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
grown
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
Harriet
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From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
insurance
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
Kennedy
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
lack
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
learn
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
lived
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
lost
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
matter
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
money
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
neighbors
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
out
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
own
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
patents
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
patrimony
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
renew
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
sat
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From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
Sidney
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From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
Sidney's
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
small
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
table
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From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
undiminished
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
valuable
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
view
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
voiced
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From this reading Harriet Kennedy had voiced her own view of the matter, the after the funeral, to one of the neighbors:-- “He left no insurance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Sidney could not remember when her Aunt Harriet had not sat at the table.
wife
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
wished
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From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was one of her earliest disillusionments to learn that Aunt Harriet lived with them, not because she wished to, but because Sidney's father had borrowed her small patrimony and she was “boarding it out.”
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
world
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From this reading Sidney had been born and grown to girlhood; the dreamer father had gone to his grave, with valuable patents lost for lack of money to renew them--gone with his faith in himself destroyed, but with his faith in the world undiminished: for he left his wife and daughter without a dollar of life insurance.
years
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From this reading Eighteen years she had “boarded it out.”
