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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 A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
alighting
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From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
back
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From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
bent
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
brow
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
came
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
cold
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
dark
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
down
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
DREARY
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
driver
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
eyes
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
Farm
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
fate
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
haste
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
Haytersbank
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
head
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
heart
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
Hester
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
horse
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
hot
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
injunction
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
involuntarily
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
kept
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
lane
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
light
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
low
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
narrow
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
pace
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
path
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
rain
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
rebellious
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From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
rising
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
rough
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
saw
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
sent
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From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
shaken
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
slackened
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
soothed
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From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
source
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From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
stones
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
struggled
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
tax-cart
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
tears
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
top
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
turned
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From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
unbidden
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From this reading Her heart kept rising against her fate; the hot tears came unbidden to her eyes.
VIGIL
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From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But rebellious heart was soothed, and hot tears were sent back to their source before the time came for her alighting.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A DREARY VIGIL Through the dark rain, against the cold wind, shaken over the rough stones, went Hester in the little tax-cart.
window
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From this reading She saw the light in the window from the top of the brow, and involuntarily she slackened her pace.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The driver turned his horse in the narrow lane, and shouted after her an injunction to make haste as, with her head bent low, she struggled down to the path to Haytersbank Farm.
