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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 They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
alternatives
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he did face it through.
anguished
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
avenues
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
bitterest
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From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
bodily
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From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
closing
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
consciousness
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
constantly
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
conversation
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
days
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
described
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And he did face it through.
Elsmere's
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From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
embittered
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From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
escape
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
face
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From this reading And he did face it through.
few
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
grip
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he did face it through.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
hold
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
hurried
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From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
increasing
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And he did face it through.
Italy
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
marked
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
mental
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
months
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From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
narrowing
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
nearest
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
off
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
oppression
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
own
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
painful
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
presence
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From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
sense
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
separation
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
soul
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
Squire
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From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
struggle
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That struggle was not hurried and embittered by the bodily presence of the Squire.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
there
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
three
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From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And he did face it through.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
together
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
weeks
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From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
Wendover
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From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Wendover went off to Italy a few days after the conversation we have described.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The next three months were the bitterest months of Elsmere’s life.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They were marked by anguished mental struggle, by a consciousness of painful separation from the soul nearest to his own, and by a constantly increasing sense of oppression, of closing avenues and narrowing alternatives, which for weeks together seemed to hold the mind in a grip whence there was no escape.
