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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 She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
amber
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
anxiety
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
any
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
apron
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
Aunt
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
back
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
better
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From this reading “I think I’d better do it now.”
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
came
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
claimed
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
coffee
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
coffee-pot
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
consciousness
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
crash
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
dainty
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
demanded
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
desperate
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
discovered
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
disheartening
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I think I’d better do it now.”
doing
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
downstairs
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
early
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
Fanny
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
finally
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
fingers
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
fluid
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
future
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
George
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
house
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
human
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
I'd
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From this reading “I think I’d better do it now.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
kitchen
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
like
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
looking
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
more
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
near
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
night
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
now
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From this reading “I think I’d better do it now.”
occupied
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
others
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
own
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
pride
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
range
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
ready
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
sacrifices
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
said
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
say
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
set
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
sorrow
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
stove
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
system
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
taken
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
tea
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
There
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think I’d better do it now.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
tried
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From this reading And early in the morning he came downstairs and tried to help Fanny make coffee on the kitchen range.
twist
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From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
wanted
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From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She set the coffee-pot back upon the stove with a little crash, and, looking at him in a desperate anxiety, began to twist her dainty apron between her fingers without any consciousness of what she was doing.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There was something I wanted to say to you last night, Aunt Fanny,” he said, as she finally discovered that an amber fluid, more like tea than coffee, was as near ready to be taken into the human system as it would ever be.
youth
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From this reading At least, it may be claimed for George that his last night in the house where he had been born was not occupied with his own disheartening future, but with sorrow for what sacrifices his pride and youth had demanded of others.
