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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 He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
all
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
also
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
anguish
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
anodynes
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
become
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
Bodine
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From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
Bodine's
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
bosom
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
bring
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
ceased
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
CLOUDS
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
convulsively
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
Ella's
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
face
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
flow
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
girl
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
grown
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From this reading He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
hair
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From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
Hannah
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From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
heaved
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
home
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
hot
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
hour
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From this reading He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
how
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From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
humbler
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
iron-gray
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From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
LIFTING
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
like
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
Mara
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From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
marble
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
Mrs
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
night
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From this reading He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
now
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
observed
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From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
old
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From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
patient
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
purest
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
rather
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From this reading He had grown old in a night, rather in an hour.
respite
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
scarcely
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
tears
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
there
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From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
veteran's
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From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
watchers
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From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Captain Bodine, Mara, and old Hannah were the watchers.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
white
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From this reading Mara now, for the first time, observed how white the veteran's iron-gray hair had become.
whiteness
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From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading CLOUDS LIFTING In Mrs. Bodine's humbler home there was another patient who also had found such respite as anodynes can bring.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ella's fair face had become like the purest marble in its whiteness, but the hot tears had ceased to flow, and the bosom which had heaved convulsively with anguish was now so still that the girl scarcely seemed to breathe at all.
