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almost
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
away
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
buried
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
Cape
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
Carr
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
chance
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
childish
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
children
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
Cod
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
coming
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
dreary
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
elder
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
fierce
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
four
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
gone
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
graveyard
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She herself, while she loved them, shrank from them.
husband
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
journeys
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
like
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From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
loved
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From this reading She herself, while she loved them, shrank from them.
mean
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
Mercy
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
mother
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
old
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
only
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
out
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
Philbrick
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
physicians
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
prolonging
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
said
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
sea
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She herself, while she loved them, shrank from them.
shrank
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From this reading She herself, while she loved them, shrank from them.
sight
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
slow
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
stage
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She herself, while she loved them, shrank from them.
thirty
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
tiring
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
top
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From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
transplant
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From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
transplanting
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From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
tree
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From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
up
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
village
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
weather-beaten
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From this reading To transplant her was like transplanting an old weather-beaten tree, already dead at the top.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She herself, while she loved them, shrank from them.
widow
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
winds
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From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
woman
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
years
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From this reading For thirty years the elder woman had never gone out of sight of the village graveyard in which her husband and four children were buried.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the physicians had said that the only chance of prolonging her life was to take her away from the fierce winds of the sea.
young
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From this reading In the mean time, the young widow, Mercy Philbrick, and her old and almost childish mother, Mercy Carr, were coming by slow and tiring stage journeys up the dreary length of Cape Cod.
