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abandon
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From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
actual
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
approaching
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
barn
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
brief
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
brought
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
chastened
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From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
CLAIMS
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
come
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From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
conflict
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
DUTY
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
emerged
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From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
epochs
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
fight
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From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
Half
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
heart
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
hour
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
house
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
human
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
inclination
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
Joan
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
knew
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From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
later
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
leading
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From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
left
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From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
life
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
lived
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
prompted
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From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
Realization
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From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
rebellion
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From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
selfishness
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From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
space
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
stern
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From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
swiftly-passing
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From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CLAIMS OF DUTY Half an hour later Joan left the house for the barn.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
troubles
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From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
victorious
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From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
weakness
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From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In that brief space she had lived through one of those swiftly-passing epochs in human life when mind, heart and inclination are brought into something approaching actual conflict.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She knew she must not abandon herself to the selfishness which her brief rebellion had prompted.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Realization had come to her--realization of whither her troubles had been leading her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But, stern as the fight with weakness had been, she had emerged chastened and victorious.
