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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 "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
ALIBI
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From this reading MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
all
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
assumed
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
begun
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
calamity
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
candle
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
clouds
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
compressed
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
curtains
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
days
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
door
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
drawn
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
EFFORTS
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From this reading MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
entrance
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
Esther's
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
evil
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
examination
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
face
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
fastened
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
fear
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
hastily
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
HYPERION
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From this reading KEATS' "HYPERION."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
KEATS
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From this reading KEATS' "HYPERION."
labouring
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
lighting
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
lips
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
listening
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
malice
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
Mary
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
MARY'S
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From this reading MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
only
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
paper
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
PROVE
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From this reading MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
put
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
rear
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
regard
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
shaded
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
shutters
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
sooner
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
spent
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
stony
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From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
stored
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
sullen
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She did all this with the same compressed lips, and the same stony look that her face had assumed on the first examination of the paper.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
There
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
together
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
up
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
vanward
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From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
window
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From this reading No sooner was Mary alone than she fastened the door, and put the shutters up against the window, which had all this time remained shaded only by the curtains hastily drawn together on Esther's entrance, and the lighting of the candle.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "There was a listening fear in her regard, As if calamity had but begun; As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice, and the sullen rear Was, with its stored thunder, labouring up."
