adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
accountnounUS /əˈkaʊnt/
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
approachingnounUS /əˈproʊtʃɪŋ/
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
armnounUS /ɑːrm/
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
backwardadverbUS /ˈbækwərd/
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
bearverbUS /ber/
have
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
boardnounUS /bɔːrd/
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
boat-house
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From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
Clara
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From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
Crayford
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From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
Crayford's
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From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
distrustfullyadverb
with distrust
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
Don't
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From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
doneadjectiveUS /dʌn/
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
doorwaynounUS /ˈdɔːrweɪ/
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
dutiesnounUS /ˈduːtiz/
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
EnteringnounUS /ˈentərɪŋ/
a movement into or inward
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
faintadjectiveUS /feɪnt/
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
forwardadverbUS /ˈfɔːrwərd/
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
givingnounUS /ˈɡɪvɪŋ/
the act of giving
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
heartnounUS /hɑːrt/
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
husbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
interestnounUS /ˈɪntrəst/
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
lednounUS /led/
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
Lucy'snounUS /ˈluːsiz/
possessive form of “lucy” — incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
painnounUS /peɪn/
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
sadadjectiveUS /sæd/
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
sakenounUS /seɪk/
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
seeverbUS /siː/
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
shipverbUS /ʃɪp/
transport commercially
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
shrinkverbUS /ʃrɪŋk/
wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
smileverbUS /smaɪl/
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
standingadjectiveUS /ˈstændɪŋ/
having a supporting base
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
stepsnounUS /steps/
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
stoppedadjectiveUS /stɑːpt/
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
stormverbUS /stɔːrm/
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Don’t shrink on that account from giving me pain: I can bear pain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
ThereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
tookverbUS /tʊk/
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Entering the boat-house, and approaching Crayford, she took his arm, and led him away a few steps from the place in which Mrs. Crayford was standing.
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Clara stopped at the doorway, looking backward and forward distrustfully between the husband and wife.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
wrungverbUS /rʌŋ/
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading “There is no storm now, and there are no duties to be done on board the ship,” she said, with the faint, sad smile which it wrung Crayford’s heart to see.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are Lucy’s husband, and you have an interest in me for Lucy’s sake.
