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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 The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
anon
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
ANONYMOUS
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
apparently
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
appeared
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
Ar'n't
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
armament
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
attention
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
black
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
Bradley
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
bright
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
Broods
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
changeful
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
closing
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
cloud
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
coals
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
coax
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
cold
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
Crauford
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
Crauford's
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
darkness
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
difficulty
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
down
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
dusk
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
dying
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
embers
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
evening
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
expiring
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
eye
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
farther
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
Fate
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
feet
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
fender
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
fire
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
frame
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
fraud
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
gathered
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
glancing
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
hour
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
house
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
icy
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
labours
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
like
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
Lo
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
meagre
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
mesh
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
more
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
Mr
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
occupy
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
only
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
onward
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From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
palms
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
partner
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
pause
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
Plot
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
pushing
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
ring
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
room
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
said
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
sat
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
seemingly
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
shrewd
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
sir
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
skein
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
solely
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
some
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
soul
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
spread
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
striving
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
subtle
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
sullen
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Lo! behind, before, Around thee, like an armament of cloud, The black Fate labours onward--ANONYMOUS.
there
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
town
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
unconscious
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
underwent
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
up
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
vain
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
venom
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
verge
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
very
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From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
walking
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
warming
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
warmth
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
Weave
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From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Plot on thy little hour, and skein on skein Weave the vain mesh, in which thy subtle soul Broods on its venom!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
winter's
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From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The dusk of a winter’s evening gathered over a room in Crauford’s house in town, only relieved from the closing darkness by an expiring and sullen fire, beside which Mr. Bradley sat, with his feet upon the fender, apparently striving to coax some warmth into the icy palms of his spread hands.
withered
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From this reading Crauford himself was walking up and down the room with a changeful step, and ever and anon glancing his bright, shrewd eye at the partner of his fraud, who, seemingly unconscious of the observation he underwent, appeared to occupy his attention solely with the difficulty of warming his meagre and withered frame.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ar’n’t you very cold there, sir?” said Bradley, after a long pause, and pushing himself farther into the verge of the dying embers, “may I not ring for some more coals?”
