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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 A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
aching
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From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
advent
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From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
All
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From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
apprehension
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From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
beginning
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brain
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breakfast
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From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
chaos
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From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
convinced
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From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
delight
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From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
disastrous
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dispiritedly
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From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
drearily
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dreary
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ended
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escape
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events
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eyes
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farm
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From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
felt
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forward
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
head
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From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
idling
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From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
impossibility
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From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
inspecting
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inspired
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Joan
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last
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left
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life
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like
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long
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looked
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new
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From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
night
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normal
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From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
painful
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From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
past
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perfect
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From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
reviewed
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From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
ringed
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From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
series
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From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
shadows
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From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
state
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From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
swamped
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From this reading Her beginning in the new life had been swamped in a series of disastrous events which left her convinced of the impossibility of escape from the painful shadow of the past.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
thought
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From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
usual
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VISIT
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wakeful
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From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
whirling
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From this reading All night her brain had been whirling in a perfect chaos of thought as she reviewed her advent to the farm.
WHIRLWIND
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From this reading A WHIRLWIND VISIT Joan was idling dispiritedly over her breakfast.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A long, wakeful night had at last ended in the usual aching head and eyes ringed with shadows.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm--which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight--with something like apprehension.
