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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 Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
absorbed
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
all
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
astonishment
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
book
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
brother
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
calls
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
chasten'd
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From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
coldly
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
creeds
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
deeds
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From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
died
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
friendship
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
gone
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
hardly
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
Hester
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
holiest
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From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
how
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
Lord
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
loyal
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
man
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
married
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
MEREDITH
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
much
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
Newhaven
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
OWEN
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
Palace
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From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
partly
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
pass
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
perhaps
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
punished
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From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
purest
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From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
realized
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From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
reason
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
receiving
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
seen
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
There
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
things
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
thoughts
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From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She had perhaps hardly realized, till he was gone, how much his loyal friendship had been to her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
unmarried
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we are punished for our purest deeds, And chasten'd for our holiest thoughts; alas!
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading --OWEN MEREDITH It was while Hester was at the Palace that Lord Newhaven died.
Why
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From this reading There is no reason found in all the creeds, Why these things are, nor whence they come to pass.
wife
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
woman
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
year
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From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she had hardly seen him for the last year, partly because she was absorbed in her book, and partly because, to her astonishment, she found that her brother and his wife looked coldly upon "an unmarried woman receiving calls from a married man."
