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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 At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
air
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
all
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
appeared
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘Robert!----’ but her question died on her lips.
Catherine
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
charge
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
chin
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
color
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
died
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From this reading ‘Robert!----’ but her question died on her lips.
dinning-room
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
disturbed
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
door
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
drawn
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
exhaustion
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
eyes
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
face
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
finding
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
fresh
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
half-cry
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Robert!----’ but her question died on her lips.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
house
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
kept
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
like
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From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
lined
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
lips
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
lost
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
Mary
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
night
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
now
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
opened
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
out
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From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘Robert!----’ but her question died on her lips.
quiet
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
remembering
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
Robert
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
sight
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
slept
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
softly
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
sprang
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
sunk
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
toddling
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From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
up
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From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
usual
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From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading The next morning Catherine, finding that Robert still slept on, after their usual waking time, and remembering his exhaustion of the night before, left him softly, and kept the house quiet that he might not be disturbed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was in charge of the now toddling Mary in the dinning-room, when the door opened and Robert appeared.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At sight of him she sprang up with a half-cry; the face seemed to have lost all its fresh color, its look of sure and air: the eyes were sunk; the lips and chin lined and drawn.
youth
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From this reading It was like a face from which the youth had suddenly been struck out.
