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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 He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
attempted
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
bestow
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
burst
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
carry
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
child
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
clenched
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
clenching
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
doctor's
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
doubt
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
entered
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
fault
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
fist
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
forlorn
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
Furnival
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From this reading I must see Furnival.
gesture
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From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
home
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I must speak to the vicar.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
instead
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
intention
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
intolerable
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From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
jumped
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
man
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
marry
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
mother
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I must speak to the vicar.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
now
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
occurred
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From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
only
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From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
out
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
plan
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
roar
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
seat
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
see
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From this reading I must see Furnival.
sense
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From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
serves
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
showed
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From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
speak
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From this reading "I must speak to the vicar.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
supposed
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
suppressed
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
tears
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as no such thing had occurred to him, the doctor only showed his sense of the intolerable by look and gesture.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
thus
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
up
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From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
vicar
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From this reading "I must speak to the vicar.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He burst out into that suppressed roar which serves a man instead of tears, and jumped up from his seat, clenching his fist.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
woman
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From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The clenched fist was to the intention of the dead woman whose fault this was; and if it had ever entered the doctor's mind, as his mother supposed, to marry this forlorn child, and thus bestow a home upon her whether she would or no, no doubt he would now have attempted to carry out that plan.
