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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 _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
abandon
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From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
abated
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
ached
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
all
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
always
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From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
Anne
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From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
Anne's
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
arm
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
begin
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
cords
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
cry
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From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
cushions
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
dealt
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From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
despair
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
downward
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
emotion
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From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
ending
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
expected
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From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
face
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
grown
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From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
heart
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
Honour
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From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
hope
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
known
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From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
lie
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
muscles
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
only
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
own
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From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
person
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From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
reasonable
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From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
recover
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From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
relaxed
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
remembered
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
seized
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
strained
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
tautened
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
tempestuously
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From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Honour_ Little Anne expected Anne to recover after a reasonable time.
too
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
violently
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From this reading She had never known a grown person to cry so violently.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
weeping
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From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But Anne’s weeping abated only to begin all over again when little Anne began to hope; despair of its ever ending seized her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
window
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had dealt with no abandon of emotion except her own, and after she had cried tempestuously she was always done with it.
withdrew
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From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her arm ached, too, but Anne remembered that it would and withdrew from it to lie face downward in the window cushions, which relaxed the muscles of little Anne’s strained body, but tautened the cords of her heart.
