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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 FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
all
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
beauty
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
brother
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
cautioned
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
DAUGHTER
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
day
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
escape
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
eyes
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
face
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From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
FATHER
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
father's
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
girlhood
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From this reading She knew that her girlhood had gone with it.
go
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
gone
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
Hargrove
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She knew that her girlhood had gone with it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She knew that her girlhood had gone with it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
knew
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From this reading She knew that her girlhood had gone with it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
meet
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
memorable
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
Miss
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
Nature
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
night
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
passionately
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
previous
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
questioning
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
say
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
scene
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
self-deception
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From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She knew that her girlhood had gone with it.
sombre
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From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
spirit
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From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
summer
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
too
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
truth
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From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
unnerved
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From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
wanted
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From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had cautioned her brother to say nothing of her escape on the previous day, for she was too unnerved to go over the scene again that night, and meet her father's questioning eyes.
weak
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From this reading She wanted to be alone first and face the truth; and this she had done in no spirit of weak self-deception.
wealth
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
weeping
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From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nature seemed weeping passionately over the summer that had gone, with all its wealth of beauty and life.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading FATHER AND DAUGHTER That sombre day would ever be a memorable one to Miss Hargrove.
