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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 No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
alarmed
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From this reading Minna was alarmed.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
attention
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
bed
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
bleak
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
burning
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
city
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
climbed
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
Countess
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
cruelties
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
day
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
enough
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
eyes
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
feigned
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
fever
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
fond
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
gentle
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
ill
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
lately
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
lay
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
looking
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
Loschek
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
matter
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
Minna
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From this reading Minna was alarmed.
mistress
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
mountain-tops
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
mutterings
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
occasional
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
Olga
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
out
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
real
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
sickness
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
sleep
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
spite
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From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
spring
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
steadily
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was fond of her mistress, in spite of her occasional cruelties, and lately the Countess had been strangely gentle.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
too
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
travel
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From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
troubled
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From this reading No feigned sickness this, but real enough, a matter of fever and burning eyes, and of mutterings in troubled sleep.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Minna was alarmed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The day when Olga Loschek should have returned to the city found her too ill to travel.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
wished
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From this reading She required little attention, wished to be alone, and lay in her great bed, looking out steadily at the bleak mountain-tops, to which spring never climbed.
