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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 It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
accepted
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From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
acquiesced
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From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
allegiance
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
atrophied
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From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
awakening
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
Braithwaite
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
Cicely
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
Cis
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
communion
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
dimly
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
drive
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
dutifully
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From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
espousal
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
felt
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
forbiddenadjectiveUS /fərˈbɪd.ən/
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
Francis
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
get
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
God
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
humbly
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From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
joy
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
love
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
martyrdom
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
martyrs
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
Mass
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
Miss
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
other
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From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
pain
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
pledged
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
realized
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From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
renunciation
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
Rodney
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
soul
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From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
St
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
surfaces
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
then
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From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
there
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
triumphant
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
turn
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From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
unfalteringly
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
up
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
vownounUS /vaʊ/
a serious promise
From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
vowing
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From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
waited
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
waken
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went through the Mass dutifully, but humbly; she realized that she was vowing herself and that her vow was then accepted.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Her will acquiesced, but at least one of the other powers of her soul was atrophied.
willed
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From this reading Below her surfaces pain waited her awakening; she willed her martyrdom unfalteringly, but there was for her none of the martyrs’ triumphant joy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
WITNESSING
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
Xavier's
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From this reading WITNESSING Miss Braithwaite had to waken Cis in the morning to get her up in time to drive with her to St. Francis Xavier’s for Mass.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was a Mass of renunciation and espousal, a communion that pledged Cicely to turn from her forbidden love for Rodney to allegiance to God, yet she felt this but dimly.
