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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 "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
Ah
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
airs
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
ANOTHERnounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER MYSTERY.
aristocratic
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
arrived
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
awful
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
beauty
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
bitter
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
book
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
brilliant
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
calm
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
Carews
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
Churchman's
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From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
coffin
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
cottage
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From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
created
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
days
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
excitement
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From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
eyes
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
face
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
far
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
flutter
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From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
folded
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
Kathleen
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
lips
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
made
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
maid
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
more
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
MYSTERY
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From this reading ANOTHER MYSTERY.
near
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
other's
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
pallid
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
pretty
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From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
read
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
remembered
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
sensation
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
shut
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
Some
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
stylish
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
There
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From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
two
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
unlike
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
vainly
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From this reading The Carews had at last arrived, after being vainly looked for for more than two days, and their aristocratic airs and their stylish maid created quite a sensation.
waiting
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a little flutter of excitement at Doctor Churchman's pretty cottage.
waxen
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From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Kathleen was waiting for them in the little parlor--Kathleen with shut eyes and pallid lips and folded, waxen hands--so unlike the brilliant beauty they remembered, with this awful calm upon her face.
Words
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From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Ah, you or I must look Into the other's coffin, far or near, And read, as in a book, Words we made bitter here, Some time!"
