adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
ACCOUNTnounUS /əˈkaʊnt/
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
afterwardsadverbUS /ˈæftərwərdz/
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
blackadjectiveUS /blæk/
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
blankadjectiveUS /blæŋk/
(of a surface) not written or printed on
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
chaosnounUS /ˈkeɪɑːs/
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
daysnounUS /deɪz/
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
desolationnounUS /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/
the state of being decayed or destroyed
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/
divisible by two
From this reading She was stripped of everything--of love, of happiness, even of hope.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She was stripped of everything--of love, of happiness, even of hope.
feltverbUS /felt/
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
findverbUS /faɪnd/
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
forwardadverbUS /ˈfɔːrwərd/
at or to or toward the front
From this reading There was nothing in the whole world to look forward to.
greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
happinessnounUS /ˈhæpinəs/
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading She was stripped of everything--of love, of happiness, even of hope.
hellnounUS /hel/
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
hopenounUS /hoʊp/
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading She was stripped of everything--of love, of happiness, even of hope.
horrornounUS /ˈhɔːrər/
intense and profound fear
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
hoursnounUS /ˈaʊərz/
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was nothing in the whole world to look forward to.
interminableadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈtɜːrmənəbəl/
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
lastadjectiveUS /læst/
immediately past
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
lifenounUS /laɪf/
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
lookverbUS /lʊk/
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
lovenounUS /lʌv/
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading She was stripped of everything--of love, of happiness, even of hope.
Magda
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From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
NeveradverbUS /ˈnevər/
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
nightnounUS /naɪt/
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing in the whole world to look forward to.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/
and nothing more
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
RENDEREDverbUS /ˈrendərd/
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
shudderverbUS /ˈʃʌdər/
shake, as from cold
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
sidenounUS /saɪd/
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
stretchingnounUS /ˈstretʃɪŋ/
act of expanding by lengthening or widening
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
strippedadjectiveUS /strɪpt/
having only essential or minimal features
From this reading She was stripped of everything--of love, of happiness, even of hope.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
ThereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was nothing in the whole world to look forward to.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She felt as though she had been through hell and come out on the other side, to find stretching before her only the blank grey desolation of chaos.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ACCOUNT RENDERED The long, interminable night was over at last.
wholeadjectiveUS /hoʊl/
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading There was nothing in the whole world to look forward to.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Never afterwards, all the days of her life, could Magda look back on the black horror of those hours without a shudder.
worldnounUS /wɜːrld/
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading There was nothing in the whole world to look forward to.
