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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 Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
all
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
almost
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
anxiety
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
aware
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
balm
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
BRANDT
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
Brandt's
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
Chief
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
CHRISTMAS
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Clara
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consciously
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
counter-irritant
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
dispelled
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
diversion
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
effect
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
effort
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EVE
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fate
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
grief
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
healthful
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
heart
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
Heyward
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
hope
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
hopeful
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
increasing
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
influence
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
leadenadjectiveUS /ˈlɛdən/
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
like
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
love
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
lover's
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
manly
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
morbid
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
most
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
natural
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
new
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
possible
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
potent
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
proved
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
regard
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From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
remedies
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
renewing
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
responsive
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
SAW
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
sinking
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
slowly
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
spirit
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
stole
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
strong
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
subtle
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
tenderness
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
thoughts
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From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
too
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
unbargaining
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From this reading Chief of all, his manly tenderness and unbargaining love stole into her heart like a subtle balm; and responsive love, the most potent of remedies, was renewing her life.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her new anxiety in regard to her lover's fortune and possible fate was a healthful counter-irritant.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They proved an increasing diversion of her thoughts, and slowly dispelled the morbid, leaden grief under which she had been sinking.
words
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From this reading WHAT BRANDT SAW CHRISTMAS EVE Brandt's words and effort had had their natural effect on the mind of Clara Heyward.
yielded
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From this reading Half consciously she yielded to the influence of his strong, hopeful spirit, and almost before she was aware of it, she too began to hope.
