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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 But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
brother's
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
childhood
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
CONSEQUENCE
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From this reading THE CONSEQUENCE.
debts
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
delirious
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
down
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
ear
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
emeraldnounUS /ˈemərəld/
a bright green precious stone
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
felt
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
fever
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From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
feverish
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From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
home
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
house
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
illness
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From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
incessantly
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
money
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
mother
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From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
necklet
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
often
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
old
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
older
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
pain
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
people
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
prematurely
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
proved
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From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
rang
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
rheumatic
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From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
Salome's
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From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
selfishness
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
shadowed
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
sister's
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
sorrows
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
talking
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONSEQUENCE.
there
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Salome's illness proved to be rheumatic fever.
troubles
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
understood
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From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
voice
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From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
wandering
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
wanderings
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From this reading Her mother understood but little of these feverish wanderings.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading But there was one in that house in whose ear his sister's voice rang with a pain which he never felt before.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
young
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From this reading She was in great pain, and often delirious--wandering in thought to her old home and her childhood, and talking incessantly of the emerald necklet and money and debts, and the troubles which had by her brother's selfishness shadowed her young life, and weighed her down prematurely with the sorrows of older people.
