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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 “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
abruptly
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
arm
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
chair
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
chief
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
daring
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
Dear
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From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
door
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
down
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
dread
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
end
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
eyes
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
face
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
felt
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
get
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
gladness
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
glance
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
Godfrey
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
going
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From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
hand
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
hat
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
husband
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
I'm
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From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
indeed
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
invisible
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
laid
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
laying
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
Nancy
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
opened
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
other
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
pale
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
paused
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
room
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
said
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From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
saw
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
scene
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
Some
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From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
speak
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
stilled
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
strange
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
thankful
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From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
threw
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
touch
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
trembling
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
turned
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
unanswering
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From this reading “I began to get—” She paused abruptly, for Godfrey was laying down his hat with trembling hands, and turned towards her with a pale face and a strange unanswering glance, as if he saw her indeed, but saw her as part of a scene invisible to herself.
unnoticed
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From this reading She laid her hand on his arm, not daring to speak again; but he left the touch unnoticed, and threw himself into his chair.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some one opened the door at the other end of the room, and Nancy felt that it was her husband.
wife's
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
window
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From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She turned from the window with gladness in her eyes, for the wife’s chief dread was stilled.
you're
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From this reading “Dear, I’m so thankful you’re come,” she said, going towards him.
