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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
better
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From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
bubblingnounUS /ˈbubbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
calmer
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
came
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
child
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
day
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From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
dear
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
element
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
fear
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
frightful
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
get
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
girl
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
given
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
gladness
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
God
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
grateful
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
grave
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
greatly
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From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
grew
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
hardly
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
heart
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
helpless
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
hitherto
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
how
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
ill
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
invalids
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
Isy
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From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
James
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
knew
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
lack
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
lavished
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
love
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
made
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
Marion
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
more
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
now
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
perceive
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
repel
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
separation
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
son
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
soon
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From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
swallowing
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
taken
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
threatened
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From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
too
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
two
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
unable
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From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
up
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From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
very
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From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
weak
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From this reading The next day, Isy, although very weak, was greatly better.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But her heart, at first bubbling over with gladness, soon grew calmer, when she came to perceive how very ill James was.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She hardly knew for which to be more grateful—her son, given helpless into her hands, unable to repel the love she lavished upon him; or the girl whom God had taken from the very throat of the swallowing grave.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading And before long she began to fear she must part with her child, whose lack of love hitherto made the threatened separation the more frightful to her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was, however, too ill to get up; and Marion seemed now in her element, with two invalids, both dear to her, to look after.
