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all
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
anxiety
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
apart
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
become
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From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
bent
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
castle
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
comes
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From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
conflicting
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
dawns
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
day
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
deepens
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
Delmaine
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
Dora
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
down
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
emotions
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
eyes
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
fate
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
fears
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
felt
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
fifth
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From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
Florence
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
goes
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From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
grows
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
haggard
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From this reading The widow is looking haggard and hollow-eyed.
half-distracted
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
happens
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
head
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
hollow-eyed
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From this reading The widow is looking haggard and hollow-eyed.
idly
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From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
incessantly
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From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
looking
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From this reading The widow is looking haggard and hollow-eyed.
master
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
missing
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
night
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
noon
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
others
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
out
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From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
passes
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
raising
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
relieve
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From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
room
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
second
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From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
sees
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
seventh
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From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
sitting
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From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
then
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From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The second day comes and goes, so does the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, and then the seventh dawns.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
weary
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From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
widow
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From this reading The widow is looking haggard and hollow-eyed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Florence Delmaine, who has been half-distracted with conflicting fears and emotions, and who has been sitting in her room apart from the others, with her head bent down and resting on her hands, suddenly raising her eyes, sees Dora standing before her.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The night passes; the next day dawns, deepens, grows into noon, and still nothing happens to relieve the terrible anxiety that is felt by all within the castle as to the fate of its missing master.
wondering
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From this reading They weary themselves out wondering, idly but incessantly, what can have become of him.
