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all
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
AmidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
anguish
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
bitterness
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From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
borne
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
BUSINESS
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
calmly
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
childish
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
closed
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From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
consolation
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
day
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
defeat
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
easy
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
end
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
endure
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
eyes
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From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
face
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From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
features
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
gazed
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
grandfather
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
heart
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
hopes
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
house
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
how
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
Jane
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
JOSEPH
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
killed
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From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
lay
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
miserable
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
MUCH
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
nerve
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not closed his eyes in the bitterness of disappointment.
Now
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
overcame
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
remorsefully
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From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
shadowed
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From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
smiled
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
then
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
threatened
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From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
TRANSACTS
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From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
tremors
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
True
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From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
unreproachful
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From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now the dead features were unreproachful; nay, when she overcame her childish tremors and gazed calmly, it was easy to imagine that he smiled.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The end might have come on that miserable day when her weakness threatened the defeat of all his hopes, and how could she then have borne it?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS Amid the anguish of heart and nerve which she had to endure whilst her grandfather lay dead in the house, Jane found and clung to one thought of consolation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading True or not, it would have seemed to her that she had killed him; she could not have looked on his face, and all the rest of her life would have been remorsefully shadowed.
