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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 The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
alternately
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
arms
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
breast
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
Calhoun
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From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
conflicting
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
day
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From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
declared
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
distant
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
emotions
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
ESCAPE
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From this reading THE ESCAPE.
free
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
head
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
How
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
joy
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
Joyce
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
knowing
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
little
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
long
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From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
longed
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
love
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
misery
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
more
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
once
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
part
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
rest
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
seemed
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
seen
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
soul
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
swept
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
take
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From this reading How he longed to take her in his arms, to have her head rest on his breast once more!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ESCAPE.
Then
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From this reading Then he had seen so little of her during the day; she seemed more distant than she did before she declared her love.
thought
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From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
weary
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From this reading The day was a long and weary one to Calhoun.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Between the joy of knowing he was to be free and his misery over the thought that he must part with Joyce, his soul was alternately swept with conflicting emotions.
