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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 Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
all
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
anguish
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
any
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
attempt
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
awful
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
bear
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
bed
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
best
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
black
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
bonnet
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
borne
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
call
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
called
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
cap
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
clean
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
deeper
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
description
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
dim
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
down
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
dress
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
dumb
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
fallen
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
feelings
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
go
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
got
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
heard
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
heart
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
horror
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
intolerable
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
mingled
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
misery
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
moment
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
momentary
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
moments
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
more
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
mother
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
necessity
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
night
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
out
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
passion
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
patience
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
plight
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
plunged
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
resisted
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
restless
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
rising
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
rose
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
silk
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
sitting
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
sleep
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
slept
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
Snatchesplural nounUS /snætʃɪz/
short, incomplete pieces of speech or writing
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
started
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
steadfast
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
Sunday
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
Susan
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
unconsciousness
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
uneasy
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
up
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
vain
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
VINCENT
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From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
wakefulness
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From this reading Snatches of momentary sleep more dreadful than wakefulness had fallen upon her during the awful night--moments of unconsciousness which plunged her into a deeper horror still, and from which she started thinking she heard Susan call.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
wintry
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From this reading She got up in the dim wintry morning with all that restless anguish in her heart, and took out her best black silk dress, and a clean cap to go under her bonnet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
woman
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From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading VINCENT rose from the uneasy bed, where she had not slept, upon that dreadful Sunday morning, with feelings which it would be vain to attempt any description of.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Had Susan called, had Susan come, in any dreadful plight of misery, her mother thought she could have borne it; but she could not, yet did, bear this, with the mingled passion and patience of a woman; one moment rising up against the intolerable, the next sitting down dumb and steadfast before that terrible necessity which could not be resisted.
